There’s a good-natured running joke in my family about me and my odd relationship between punctuality and lateness. They laugh that since I was born a little bit early, I’ve been making up for it ever since by running late. It’s funny because there’s truth in it. As an autistic woman with time agnosia, I […]
I made a conscious decision a few years back to do all I could to encourage autonomy in my children, even when it was inconvenient for me. This means my house is often messy as they learn about caring for their own things by experiencing the consequences of not caring for their things. My planned […]
I’ve run into a curious phenomenon in my online life as I discuss autism and parenting, and parenting autistic children, in various groups and support circles and Facebook pages. If it happened once or twice I might think it was just a miscommunication, but it happens over and over again and so I think it […]
I am a mama in an unschooling family. If you haven’t heard of unschooling or don’t really know what it is, I will briefly describe the philosophy and base beliefs behind it. Unschooling believes that with an opportune and rich environment, and with involved and loving parents (or other caregivers), children will thrive and learn […]