by Dancing Wombat | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog, Family and Community, Identity and Belonging, Sensory Issues, Socialisation
Advent – Preparing for Christmas Christmas is all about preparation, right? Preparing for school concerts, end-of-year gym displays, Christmas cooking, present shopping, decorating the Christmas tree, hanging the wreath on the front door, writing Christmas cards (if...
by Dancing Wombat | Oct 5, 2016 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Life Skills, Sensory Issues
Dancing Wombat’s travel training continues. I suspect it will for many years. But this time, I wanted to start testing out train routes.Taking public transport out to Grandma Wombat involves taking a tram down the road and then a train. So when Dancing Wombat asked me...
by Dancing Wombat | Sep 24, 2016 | Blog, Life Skills, Sensory Issues
The Royal Melbourne Show is a sensory feast – or a sensory assault, depending on your perspective. If someone asks, just before the September school holidays begin, “Are you going to the Show?” we all know exactly which show. Like all agricultural shows, it began as a...
by Dancing Wombat | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog, Sensory Issues
“My daughter refuses to wear anything with a design on it. Is this normal for people with Asperger’s syndrome?” wrote a mother in a Facebook post recently. My first thought on reading her comment was, why is this a problem? My second thought was, what is “normal” when...
by Dancing Wombat | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Sensory Issues
As I battle with the daily challenge of cleanliness versus peace (when it comes to hair and fingernails), I’m reminded of the preparations for the return-to-school haircut. Term 3 was looming. Littlest Wombat’s hair was like a bird’s nest – literally. Just long...
by Dancing Wombat | May 18, 2016 | Blog, Sensory Issues
What do these have in common? Woollen jumpers, clothing labels, falling-down socks, seeds in shoes, fingernails down a blackboard, peach skin fuzz, polo necks… Did you work it out? They’re all well-known sensory irritants. Each of us has at least one sensory bugbear,...
