Right now there is something very magical for our “pixie of a girl” in just slightly opening the kitchen pantry door and touching the recycled plastic bags inside. Many, many times just this morning she needed to cross the kitchen floor from her chair and feel the sandwich bags on the shelf with her finger tips. It […]
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purge, let go, throw-up, moments, emotions, some words maybe necessary
“Sifting Through Emotions” – a rough morning together
Keeping a level head with my autistic daughter can be hard. She brings unpredictability and confusion to my daily dance floor and if I’m tired or preoccupied with my own agenda she can easily spin me around like a rag doll and then I quickly loose my objectivity and fall. I started this post a few […]
“I want meat.”
SNOWING hard when we headed back home from dropping big brother off at school. No breakfast Both HUNGRY! Hunger became a great motivator for my back seat traveler. “MEAT” she said. “MEAT,meat MEAT” With the snow washing my visibility I was still determined to grab this communication opportunity so the adventure began with me giving […]
“In house!”
“In House.” “In my house.” “Eat(ing) in my house.” “Girl in house.” “Different (signed) house.” “Go to home.” Our daughter’s first phrases. A powerful beginning. She’s making Observations and seeing that it can be a Destination She said it often and we all reinforced her communication with affirming responses. With time we realized […]