by Dancing Wombat | Jul 10, 2016 | Blog, Identity and Belonging
Well – we finally had that talk with Littlest Wombat. It had come to the point when we needed to explain to him that the reason he found some things difficult was the way his brain worked. In short, that he has Asperger’s. Although we didn’t put it to him that...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Identity and Belonging
Do you ever get the feeling that the universe is having a laugh at your expense? Or maybe it’s just giving you a poke in the ribs as a wake-up call? Sometimes events and experiences can line up in a way that you think is surely only coincidence, and yet they feed...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog, Identity and Belonging
I’m looking for something which I’ve been searching for many years without success. It’s leading me to a couple of conclusions. Either I’m a hopeless sleuth and I’m looking for the wrong things in the wrong places, or what I’m looking for doesn’t exist. I...
by Dancing Wombat | Mar 30, 2016 | Achievements, Blog, Identity and Belonging
I must confess that I quite like the view from the moral high ground. Don’t you? Come on – don’t be shy. I’m sure that deep down inside it makes you feel strong, empowered… better than those who you’re looking down on? Literally and metaphorically. Ahh – judging – so...
by Dancing Wombat | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog, Family and Community, Identity and Belonging
I never wanted to be born with brown, curly hair. My best friend in primary school was from Hong Kong, and boy, I envied her long, straight, black locks. Swishy. Mmmm. But I was stuck with stubbornly thick waves that flatly refused to obey any directions from a brush....
by Dancing Wombat | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog, Identity and Belonging
Have a look in your pantry. In your fridge. On the boxes and bottles in your medicine cabinet. I bet everything has a label on it. You don’t want to end up icing your cake with flour. Or putting salt into your coffee instead of sugar. I certainly want to make sure...
