-
Recent Posts
- Dysregulated: Excavation and Big Feels
- Untethered and Shiny Things
- Holding Space
- Resistance
- On the ABLEISM of Participation Marks
- Counting… The Day of Mourning and the Disability Clothesline
- Toward the River: A Poem of Hope
- Electronic Resources: Arizona TASH 2018
- Fabulous Fringes: A Short Film by Alex Kronstein
- The Neurotypical Wife: Welcome to Las Vegas
- The Teacher’s Kid – It’s not what you think…
- In this house – and outside too!
- I am intermittence…
- Self-Care is Resistance!!
- In this house…
Autism Positivity
Autism Positivity
Autism Positivity
Autism Positivity
-
Join 11,450 other subscribers
Increasing Understanding
- 310,177 hits
Archives
text
Meta
Blogroll
- A Quiet Week in the House
- ACAT: Ala Costa Adult Transition Program
- Amazing Adventures Parenting Autistic Children
- Autism Positivity 2012-14 Flash Blog
- Boycott Autism Speaks
- Coyotetooth13
- Down Wit Dat
- Emma's Hope Book
- Hello Michelle Swan
- Inner Aspie
- Invisible Strings
- Karla's ASD Page
- Life on the Spectrum
- Love Explosions
- Musings of an Aspie
- NEUROCOSMOPOLITANISM
- Non-Speaking Autistic Speaking
- ParaEducate
- Parenting Autistic Children with Love & Acceptance (PACLA Blog)
- Parenting Autistic Children with Love & Acceptance (PACLA on fb)
- Radical Neurodivergence Speaking
- Raising Rebel Souls
- Respectfully Connected
- Small but Kinda Mighty
- Stims Stammers & Winks
- The Autism Wars
- The Incredible 5 Point Scale
- The Third Glance
- Tiny Grace Notes (AKA Ask an Autistic)
- Unstrange Mind
- We Always Liked Picasso Anyway
- We Are Like Your Child
- Welcome to the Autistic Community
- Yes. That Too
Tag Archives: parenting
Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance #EducateSesame Street
It has recently been announced that Sesame Street intends to partner with Autism Speaks to create programming for children, which is definitely not a positive move for reducing stigma for Autistic people. Please sign and share this petition urging Sesame … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Advocacy, advocate, Autism, Autistic, Boycott Autism Speaks, Kermit the Frog, Neurodiversity
Tagged #educatesesame, acceptance, Autism Speaks doesn't speak for me, autistic adults, Free Autism Resource, Free parenting resource, Free Resource, Kermit, Magazine, PACLA, parenting, Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance, Perspectives, Sesame Street, Sesame Street reconsider AS, Special Education
1 Comment
Everybody and their Frog: Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance
Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance has just published the first issue of a wonderful new magazine, and everybody is reading it!! And it is not expensive. In fact it is free, and you can get a copy to … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Advocacy, advocate, Autism, Autistic, Kermit the Frog, Neurodiversity, self-advocacy
Tagged acceptance, Autism Speaks doesn't speak for me, autistic adults, Free Autism Resource, Free parenting resource, Free Resource, Kermit, Magazine, PACLA, parenting, Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance, Perspectives, Sesame Street, Sesame Street reconsider AS, Special Education
6 Comments
Feet on Ground… Heart in Hand… Be Yourself…
I know one thing for certain… I am not going to get this whole motherhood thing completely right. I know there are things I do well, and that there are also things I need to work to do better. I … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Autism, childhood, Jann Arden, Journey, Moms, Parent, relationships, Resiliency
Tagged acceptance, Autism, be yourself, Burger Brunch, Jann Arden, Mom, mother, parenting, relationship, resiliency
9 Comments
Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits
Originally posted on Thirty Days of Autism:
I have been thinking about limits: the edges of ourselves… that place where we interface with the world. Our limits and where we set them are the control valves for our emotional, social,…
Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, calm, Flexible thinking, handling discomfort, Resiliency, self-advocacy, visual strategies
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, effective parenting, effective teaching, frustration tolerance, honouring, meltdown, navigate, parenting, parents, self-advocacy, sensory overload, setting boundaries, setting limints, setting limits, strategies, stress
Leave a comment
Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits
I have been thinking about limits: the edges of ourselves… that place where we interface with the world. Our limits and where we set them are the control valves for our emotional, social, physical, cognitive, and sensory experience. These boundaries … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Parent, Resiliency, Teacher, visual strategies, visual strategies and supports
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, effective parenting, effective teaching, frustration tolerance, honouring, meltdown, navigate, parenting, parents, Self care, self-advocacy, sensory overload, setting boundaries, setting limints, setting limits, strategies, stress
33 Comments
Mom… tell me what I did wrong: Autism and Social Development
In my role as an educator I often remind others (myself included) to consider that H and others like him who are Autistic are working doubly hard to make their way in the world. The effort my child makes to … Continue reading
Posted in aproximating typical, Aspergers, Autism, Goals, handling discomfort, HFASD, Parent, Social cognition, Tears
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, development, parent, parenting, social cognition, social mis-step, social world, strengths, struggle, what did I do wrong?, you are my best teacher
33 Comments
Coping with Anxiety: the power and message of a parent’s response (via Thirty Days of Autism)
My child experiences anxiety. Unfortunately, anxiety is often one of the tag-along companions on the journey of a child on the Autism spectrum, along with attentional issues (ADHD), sensory issues, tic disorders, and speech and language challenges, to name a … Continue reading
Posted in Autism
Tagged allergies, Anxiety, Aspergers, Autism, meltdown, Modelling behaviour, parenting, parents, resiliency, self-talk, sensory overload, strategies
Leave a comment
Coping with Anxiety: the power and message of a parent’s response
My child experiences anxiety. Unfortunately, anxiety is often one of the tag-along companions on the journey of a child on the Autism spectrum, along with attentional issues (ADHD), sensory issues, tic disorders, and speech and language challenges, to name a … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Aspergers, Autism
Tagged allergies, Anxiety, Autism, meltdown, Modelling behaviour, parenting, parents, resiliency, self-talk, sensory overload, strategies
8 Comments