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Autism, ID and coping with Covid19

Autism, ID and coping with Covid19

by Dancing Wombat | Apr 26, 2020 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community

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...
Coronavirus and autism – where change seems the only constant

Coronavirus and autism – where change seems the only constant

by Dancing Wombat | Mar 29, 2020 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community

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...
The end of Year 12 approaches

The end of Year 12 approaches

by Dancing Wombat | Oct 14, 2019 | Achievements, Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community, Life Skills

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...
The good, the bad and the downright difficult

The good, the bad and the downright difficult

by Dancing Wombat | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Health and Fitness, Sensory Issues

Life is full of highs that raise you in joyful exultation and lows that oppress you like a dark winter’s morning. And then, then there are the days when everything comes crashing down around your ears in the space of a few, brief words: “I have some bad news…” That...
End of Term progress report

End of Term progress report

by Dancing Wombat | Mar 3, 2019 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community, Life Skills

TIme flies – blink, and it’s nearly the end of term. To be honest, I was dreading the beginning of this school year. Living in hope, but bruised by reality, I wasn’t looking forward to massaging my youngest boy into Year 7, or my oldest boy into Year...
The end, the beginning and more of the same

The end, the beginning and more of the same

by Dancing Wombat | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community

Here we are at the end, the beginning, and more of the same. It’s the end of Term 4, the beginning of high school, and possibly six more years steering our youngest away from the vortex of negativity. From the first day, the final 2018 school term has been a tough gig...
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