At Home
Pretend Babies
I sometimes see people ask things like “How can I increase connection with my child?” so I wanted to share one simple game/example that has meant a lot to me and my kids: I pretend […]
Other
At School
Puddles & Choices
My son huffed at a puddle that he didn’t want to be there the other day and said, “The rain is making bad choices!” It made me laugh, because it was cute and funny. And […]
Autism
Gender & Autism (AA23)
Continuing discussion of Autistic intersectionality… In studies examining the relationship between two things, it’s important to understand the directionality of the relationship. Just because all A are B, doesn’t mean that all B are A. […]
Personal
Statistics
“Did you know,” he tells me, his feet kicking off the ground to push the swing again, “that if you wake up before 3 AM, there’s a 1 in 3 chance it’s because you heard […]
Autism
Sex & Autism (AA23)
In continuing discussing about intersectionality, today’s discussion is about Autism and sex. Note that I am using the term “sex” here because I will be doing a separate post about autism and gender, which is […]
Autism
Race & Autism (AA23)
Autism does not just affect white boys. But historically, the diagnostic criteria has been focused around how it presents in white children (especially boys — but that will be the topic tomorrow). Some good news […]
Autism
Autism Shouldn’t Equal Trauma (AA23)
This is going to be very long. And this was the hardest post to write this month. I sat down to write it three or four times before I was actually able to make myself […]
Autism
Interoception (AA23)
Interoception may not even be a word you’ve ever heard before, let alone know what it means. At its most basic, interoception is “inner body sense”. On top of the five senses that we all […]
Autism
Quick Facts about “Asperger’s” (AA23)
Remember that I had a post a few days ago about classifications of autism — i.e., “mild” vs “severe”, or “high functioning” vs “low functioning”. Well, for some people, Asperger’s goes into those types of […]
At Home
One Hundred
Something I’ve been trying out lately is counting to a hundred. I do it when I’m impatient with my kids for no actual reason. So I’m not saying this is for when you actually have […]