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Sleep Our Way
/1 Comment/in Accommodations, Therapy & Support, Attachment, Gentle or Respectful Parenting, Neurodivergent Parenting, Parenting /by Cat WalkerA basic Google search on “autism sleep” quickly returns over twenty eight million results. I daresay there aren’t many places that autism is discussed without sleep being a part of those discussions. I will confess that I live in a very well insulated bubble and am a bit flabbergasted when I step out of my […]
Guest Post: Dear Autism Expert
/4 Comments/in Accommodations, Therapy & Support, Attachment, Gentle or Respectful Parenting, Autism, Neurodivergent Identity, Neurodivergent Parenting, Parenting /by Respectfully ConnectedThe following is a guest post submitted by Xeniphia. Dear Autism Expert who thinks I’m coddling my likely autistic children by still lying down with them each night until they fall asleep, I know that look that you get on your face, and the irritation in your eyes, and what it means when you look […]
The Zen of Sleep
/1 Comment/in Autism, Neurodivergent Identity, Other Neurodivergences, Parenting /by NaomiSleep is a dirty word here at times. Usually, there is not enough of it happening, or it is happening at odd times of the day. Both NinjaGirl (5yrs) and I have our own sleep stuff going on – she often wakes at about 2am, I often can’t get to sleep until about….2am. They generally […]
I’m here
/0 Comments/in Attachment, Gentle or Respectful Parenting, Neurodivergent Parenting, Parenting /by Briannon LeeI wrote this tonight while watching over one of my autistic children after an especially scary night terror. I heard myself saying over and over, “I’m here. Mummy’s here. I’m here,” and realised it’s something I’ve been saying to my children a lot lately; it says so much about where I am in my parenting journey and […]
Outside the lines.
/0 Comments/in Accommodations, Therapy & Support, Diversity, Education, Neurodivergent Identity, Neurodivergent Parenting, Neurodiversity, Other Neurodivergences, Parenting /by NaomiWe’re a neurodiverse family. The neurotypicals outnumber the neurodivergents, but we make up for it with sheer awesomeness and savage wit 😉 I have to admit though, even the neurotypicals in this household are oddballs, so our quirk level runs high. Our life looks a bit different from the outside too. I often don’t realise […]