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Challenging the ASD Child
image source There is a fine line between challenging your ASD child and pushing them too hard. I know. I have crossed that line quite a few times over the years. But it is important to keep...
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Our New Zealand Adventure #1 – The First 24 Hours
It’s time to share the highlights (and the lowlights!) of our recent New Zealand odyssey. We spent 10 nights in the North Island and started out in Auckland. Despite a rocky start we came out of it...
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Testing Times
It’s been a tough week. Actually, it’s been a tough few weeks which has culminated in this crazy motherf***er of a week. Yes, I virtually swore then. That probably best highlights just how overwhelmed...
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So ready for the holidays!
Thank goodness it’s only one more week before the NSW school holidays. After a huge 11 week term, I swear holidays can’t come soon enough for us. In between birthday parties, school, appointments,...
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Memes, glorious memes!
I LOVE a good meme. I also love witty Twitter banter. In the past I have been amused by the furore surrounding Click Frenzy and also the fallout of the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd leadership battle. Some people...
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Flu Fashion
I recently had the flu. The real flu, not the pretend “oh I had a touch of the flu last week” kind of cold. I had the flu where I alternated between hot sweats, cold shivers, body pain, headaches,...
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Eurovision!
I’m a self-confessed and unashamed Eurovision tragic. I’ve been watching for over 20 years now and I enjoy it more and more every year. There’s something about kitschy and over the top music acts that...
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Things I Know & Love Right Now
I intended to write a whole lot more this week. I meant to get so much more done. But it seems I can’t get traction on anything at the moment. I’m not sure if it’s because of the distraction of my pug...
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Things I Know about the end of 2014
I know that the end of 2014 cannot arrive quick enough. It has been a big, huge, pivotal year and just when I thought we could coast to the end, no, cancer comes and kicks us in the guts. I know that...
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Getting serious about blogging
Earlier in the week I shared my aspirations for 2015, one of them being the aim to treat my blog as a business. I would love nothing more than to be able to blog and write from home for the rest of my...
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Mending my blogging ways…
I have to apologise for being one of the slackest bloggers in the universe so far for 2014. One solitary post. And no details on my New Zealand holiday thus far. It really is unacceptable, isn’t it?...
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What He Sees
I dubbed today “vision day” as it involved a trip to the opthalmologist for Gilbert’s regular check-up, followed by a visual scanning training session with Vision Australia. The day didn’t get off to a...
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I Support the NDIS – Do You?
Did you know that it can take up to 2 years to access a government funded wheelchair? Did you know that it took 12 months before the relevant agency organised for an accessible door to be fitted for...
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Advocacy 101
As a parent there is one job that comes with the gig that can sometimes be very daunting. And it can be even more daunting when you are dealing with children with additional needs. However, as daunting...
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Not Quite Right
I’m not quite right. I’m better than what I was. There’s not so much crying and the sense of panic I felt most days has eased. That’s got to be a good thing, right? Some of my natural optimism has...
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Demystifying Albinism: Shades of Pale
Many people don’t understand that albinism is not just a single condition. There are many forms of albinism – the term itself is actually a broad description of several inherited conditions, all...
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Oh Happy Day
If you had been following any of my social media accounts today you would have seen my proud pictures and posts about my boy receiving an award at his school’s presentation day. Now, if you don’t...
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