by Dancing Wombat | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
Well, I got it all smashed up last night. No, not from hitting a glass ceiling or doing fancy things with avocados. The passenger mirror on our family van. And I did it with an audience – not just two of my boys in the back of the car, but the six or so workmen in the...
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 | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog, Coping Strategies
I’ve been rummaging around toolboxes of all kinds this past month as I help my family prepare our beloved old family home for sale. Everyone has a toolbox of sorts, right? Maybe a very organised, multi-layered affair loaded with all sorts of spanners,...
by Dancing Wombat | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Life Skills
Sword at the ready My youngest sleeps with his sword. Not all the time. Just sometimes. After all, nighttime is when everything is quiet, but our minds can be alarmingly active. Especially when you have ASD and the day just spools through your head, on a rewind-replay...
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 15, 2017 | Achievements, Blog, Coping Strategies
When the going gets tough, who wouldn’t like to get going… in the other direction? Only that’s rarely an option. So, you just keep battling on, one small step after another. I’m in one of those tough times right now, because two of my kids are doing it...
