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From seedling to success – How a banana plant shaped my journey
Way back when we first moved into our house, my husband decided to buy a banana tree. For what reason did he buy it you ask? We don’t live in sunny Queensland; how could this banana tree possibly thrive in Melbourne weather. The kind of weather, that in winter, can get down to 2’c overnight. […]
Whats in a number?
“A good decision is based on knowledge not on numbers”. Plato. Parents learn quickly after being initiated into the world of autism that their child will soon be categorised by a number. A level. A category that will go with them throughout their life, allowing the world to define them, by that number, by what […]
Dear Teacher…
Dear teacher, I know my child doesn’t learn like other typical children, but he is trying. Dear teacher, please do not take my child’s wandering around the room as disobedience, he is trying to regulate himself. Dear teacher, please don’t think I’m being painful when I email you or enquire about my child’s progress. I […]
Normal. A word that cuts deep
When I look up the word ‘normal’ in the dictionary the meaning says ‘conforming to a standard, usual, typical or expected’. These words do not elicit fun, joy or excitement within me. Rather, when I imagine these words, I imagine beige, boring, and mediocre. So why has society put so much emphasis on wanting to […]
Finding the next step when your mind feels overloaded
Let me ask you – in your past, when was there a time when you were resourceful? Can you remember a time where you pulled out all of the stops and eradicated all objections and got something done. It could have been that you put some ikea furniture together (which I will take my hat […]
