by Dancing Wombat | Sep 1, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies
One of our guinea pigs ran away this afternoon. Guinea pig rescue ops swung into action and the escapee was eventually retrieved, thank goodness. Later reflecting on the search and rescue effort, I realised that it was the perfect metaphor for what one of my children...
by Dancing Wombat | Jun 5, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
When disaster strikes, we don’t just hear about the tragedy. We also hear survival stories, and and learn of the near misses. The people who would have been on the train, but were delayed. Those who decided at the last minute to take the next flight. Or to wait a bit...
by Dancing Wombat | May 10, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
The anxiety monster is a terrible beast. It’s nebulous, amorphous, and insidiously destructive. Like fog, it can envelop a person completely, yet when they lash out against it, there’s nothing there. Nothing concrete to grasp. How do you fight what you can’t name? I...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 14, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Sensory Issues
The play therapist looked at me in astonishment. “That was better than last time,” she commented, in the understatement of the year. “Last time”, Dancing Wombat was being held down on her hospital bed while the anaesthetist administered the anaesthetic via her oxygen...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 2, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Sensory Issues
Some of our special needs kids have more anaesthesia in a year than we will have in our lifetime. Some of them deal well with the process. Others might always struggle. Then there’s the in-between group, who sometimes manage, and sometimes don’t. My daughter belongs...
by Dancing Wombat | Mar 8, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog
The homecoming My heart sank as I walked through the front door. I had just enjoyed an hour and a half to myself (plus travel time!) at a writing workshop. Uplifted and challenged, I was keen to share my experiences and continue my writing. In my mind, I’d arrive...
