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...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog, Family and Community, Health and Fitness
Maintaining healthy eating when you have special needs and are going out We’re into week 6 of my daughter’s changed diet. That’s 6 weeks of slightly altered eating patterns and food offerings. I’d like to say 6 weeks without fast food but of course, maintaining...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 1, 2018 | Achievements, Blog, Family and Community, Health and Fitness
Over six years, since my daughter developed Addison’s as a barely-minted teenager, I’ve watched with increasing concern as she’s steadily grown outwards, not upwards, as the daily steroid medication she needs to manage her endocrine condition takes (side) effect....
by Dancing Wombat | Jul 26, 2018 | Achievements, Blog, Family and Community, Identity and Belonging, Sensory Issues
Dear Village Roadshow Theme Parks, I’m guessing from the week my family just spent visiting your Gold Coast Theme Parks that you don’t see a lot of special needs (“SN”) families like us. Your limited special needs services, autism insensitivity, contradictory...
by Dancing Wombat | Jun 16, 2018 | Blog, Family and Community, Identity and Belonging, Life Skills, Socialisation
After the ball is over After the ball is over After the break of dawn After the dancer’s leaving After the stars are gone Many a heart is aching If you could read them all… Since my daughter had her Presentation Ball, two years have already flown past....
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 29, 2018 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
The case for a cat My youngest has been at me for a year to get a cat. That’s a year for him to build up a rock-solid case with someone who’s dead set against cats for pets. I don’t hate cats. But since here in Australia up to 23 million feral cats...
