January 15th, 2012
Teaching our children on the spectrum good manners, can sometimes be exhausting, frustrating and challenging. But, it is one of those things in life that just has to be learned, and will help them fit in just that little bit better especially when they become adults. Here are 3 tips to help make the process just a little bit easier.
What are the 'manners' rules in your home?
Tags: ASD, Asperger's, Asperger's Syndrome, Aspergers Syndrom, Autism, challenge, children, guidance, manners, parents, patience, social skills, understanding
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January 6th, 2012
The holidays are an ideal time to relax, and often you can actually feel the stress leave your body as you become more relaxed.
However, a child on the spectrum often has difficult in recognising the actual physical changes they experience when relaxed and when stressed and often unable to articulate it. By using 'down-times' during the holidays to help them recognise those physical differences, you can set up some great stress reliving strategies with anchor points they can refer ...
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Tags: ASD, Asperger's, Aspergers Syndrom, Autism, children, Emotions, Parenting, Stress, Stress tips, understanding
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December 14th, 2011
I have written many times about obsessions. It is an area I believe that we do not know enough about with our children on the Autism spectrum.
Today a Facebook friend of mine shared an inspiring and amazing story of Blue Jay. Now a 14 year old boy, this interview was filmed when he was 12 and studying music and composing at The Julliard School of Music in New York. At 12 he had already written no less than five ...
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Tags: ASD, Asperger's, Aspergers Syndrom, Autism, children, difference, guidance, Parenting, parents, teachers, Temple Grandin, understanding
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October 24th, 2011
In my experience as both a mum with a child on the autism spectrum, and as somebody who worked in a school, it always appeared to me that if anything was going to happen... it was going to happen in Term 4. Exams, Tests, Reporting, preparations for school concerts and award ceremonies, often more Relief teachers than normal, not to mention changes in the weather.. all enough to cause stress for our children on the spectrum
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Tags: ASD, Asperger's, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, children, guidance, Parenting, Relief Teachers, School, teachers
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September 9th, 2011
Over the next few days, the media will be going into overload, as the world sadly remembers the 10 year anniversary of that tragic day in the United States when three planes crashed and the World Trade Centre buildings collapsed.
Already this week, most national television stations have been running tributes and it seems every day we are once again reliving images of that dreadful day.
Today however, there are also warnings of a potential terrorism threat timed to coincide with the
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July 27th, 2011
An issue of great concern for many families who raising a child on the Autism spectrum is how to deal with anger, frustration and meltdowns.
In the video, I share five strategies that not only helped me to understand the anger and frustration that my child experienced, but also created strategies that have helped him to cope in a positive way with any frustration and anger throughout his life. The strategies by the way work for every other member of ...
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Tags: Anger, ASD, Asperger's, Aspergers Syndrom, Autism, children, compassion, families, Intuition, judgement, Meltdowns, Parenting, understanding
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June 14th, 2011
I love Ahaa! moments, don't you? You know you are just sailing along thinking you have figured it all out and then something happens, a question, a comment, a situation - and suddenly you see things very differently and everything you thought before has changed...
That happened to me last week, and I had to share it with you.
Tags: ASD, Asperger's, Aspergers Syndrom, Autism, children, Emotions, families, guidance, love, Parenting
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June 3rd, 2011
When you are in the midst of the Asperger's journey, sometimes it can be difficult to understand and fully comprehend why the strategies and systems you put into place now will have such a significant impact on your child in the future. And often we, as parents, can get caught up in the 'thick of thin things!', worrying about just what the future may hold for our child on the Autism spectrum. In this video I will explain how important ...
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Tags: ASD, Asperger's, Aspergers Syndrom, Autism, belief, children, difference, families, guidance, Intuition, Obsessions, Parenting, patience
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May 28th, 2011
In preparation for the launch of the American version of David's Gift on Amazon.com, in a few weeks, I need to add a new descriptive byline. The current byline of the book reads - A real life story about how a mother’s greatest challenge became her greatest gift. However, the new byline needs to contain the word Asperger's or Asperger's Syndrome
Some ideas so far include:
David's Gift
Love, Parenting and Life after Asperger's
Davids' Gift
Lesson's Learned from Asperger's Syndrome
David's Gift
How Asperger's ...
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May 17th, 2011
Welcome to our first David's Gift Asperger's Video Blogs
...and thanks to David for the great intros and outros... and for teaching me how to edit videos!
I look forward to hearing your comments
Tags: ASD, Asperger's, Autism, children, families, guidance, Imagination, Intuition, Parenting, parents, understanding
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