Archive for October, 2006

Recognition

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

I had a very interesting, funny and enjoyable experience yesterday
It was the first meeting of our social skills class, this time parents only. I’ve attended other classes through our local speech pathology group, so I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know some of the children and parents who attend fairly well, but […]

Ruminations

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

If you’re not in the mood for rambling, you might want to skip this post. Consider this fair warning
I’ve decided to give up reading autism research stuff for awhile. The last few reports I’ve heard of autism research findings have left me sputtering in annoyance, and the only comments I can think to […]

Exploring

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Oh, that’s right, I have a blog! I almost forgot.
We’ve been coasting along this last few weeks. There is paperwork to fill and home schooling to attend to. The usual creative endeavours of painting and cooking (in the last two weeks we’ve made homemade falafel, homemade sausages, sushi and steamed Chinese dumplings, biscotti among other […]

We Are Star Dust

Monday, October 9th, 2006

My children are eating lunch and continuing a conversation started whilst I prepared their food.
It started like this:
“Mum, can I please have ice with my juice?” asked my 7 year old son.
“Yes, of course.”
“I asked nicely because it would give me a better chance of getting some.”
“Well, it worked! When you ask nicely, you will […]