by Dancing Wombat | Mar 13, 2018 | Achievements, Blog, Coping Strategies
My oldest son made a courageous decision, a few weeks ago, to return to schooling. He was courageous, because he really didn’t want to do it. He came to this decision reluctantly, begrudgingly…and two weeks into the beginning of term. He was courageous, because he was...
by Dancing Wombat | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog, Coping Strategies
Well, it’s only Day 2 and I’ve already had to hold back the tears. I thought I was more resilient. And fully rested after the holidays. Maybe I was just overcome with disappointment that I was facing the same issues all over again. School, and the need to attend it...
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 | May 30, 2017 | Achievements, Blog, Life Skills
What’s the difference between a good joke and a bad joke timing. Wait… give it a few seconds… Got it? Timing is important. It’s the difference between conception and mis(sed) conception, between sausages sizzled and sausages frizzled, between stepping onto the...
by Dancing Wombat | May 10, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
The anxiety monster is a terrible beast. It’s nebulous, amorphous, and insidiously destructive. Like fog, it can envelop a person completely, yet when they lash out against it, there’s nothing there. Nothing concrete to grasp. How do you fight what you can’t name? I...
