Dancing Wombat Blog
Autism, ID and coping with Covid19
So, like everywhere else, everyone’s at home. I’m in the lucky camp. Things haven’t changed too much for me, in one way. Although my tech skills are improving dramatically as I work out how to deliver music and drama classes remotely to my special needs primary...
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Coronavirus and autism – where change seems the only constant
Shopping the other day for extra food containers, I overheard a lady complain about all the government announcements and changing rules around COVID 19. “I wish they’d stop keep coming out with new information,” she fretted. “Why don’t they just stick with one thing...
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You’ve got to move it
Sitting is the new smoking, a physio told me recently. Forget 40 being the new 30! Or black being the new – um – black. I see a lot of overweight special needs people. Have you noticed it? Not easy admitting it out loud, is it? But now that obesity has become an...
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The end of Year 12 approaches
The other day I dropped my oldest boy back to school after a spare period. Or rather, he dropped himself off. We used the brief opportunity for him to practise his driving a little more. He’s growing up. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was walking behind him as...
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