Autism & Aspergers

Antalya Turkish Restaurant

May 16, 2012
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It was my good friend S birthday recently. We wanted to have a very special birthday lunch for her and headed out for a Turkish feast at Antalya Turkish Restaurant on Sydney Rd, Coburg. I was a little worried about how the girls would cope, but thankfully it wasn’t too busy so they were able [...]

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Lets talk about food, fussy eating and Autism…

May 14, 2012
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I’m over at Autism: In Our Words today, talking about food, fussy eating and autism… Come visit my over there

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What is it about ALDI?

May 13, 2012

Just recently we had cause to go to ALDI – I wanted to get some inexpensive frozen meals for mothers’ day so hubby could just pop everything into the oven and ta-da delicious mothers’ day dinner with minimal clean up after. I walked out with a screaming headache after 15 minutes in the store. Husband [...]

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Lining up my M&Ms

May 11, 2012

We had some coloured popcorn left over from Annie’s party so I busted it out for afternoon tea when friends came over. It was fascinating to watch all the spectrum kids picking through the popcorn. One child had to take one of each colour, another would only eat pink, third child was unimpressed that the [...]

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Sleep Quality and Psychological Well-being in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

May 10, 2012
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A few months ago I participated in a Sleep Study through OTARC and it is an honour today to have Parise Nichole Gentikoglou guest posting at Stuff With Thing with some preliminary results. Sleep (or rather a lack of) is a huge issue in our family and I know from recent discussions that many other [...]

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I am that mum.

May 4, 2012
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I am that mum. The one whose daughter went to school in a short sleeved summer dress on a chilly autumn, almost winter day (11C at 3pm). I am that mum. The one whose daughter wears long winter weight leggings all year round. Even on 40C summer days. I am that mum. The one whose [...]

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I Have a Dream Mama…

May 3, 2012

(Embedded Video, those reading via RSS feed will need to click over to the blog)

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Stuff With Thing to ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers: #AutismPositivity2012

April 30, 2012
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You may remember Annie’s post about how nervited she was about the concert at Federation Square. I want to say thank  you to all the supportive and helpful comments on that post, it really helped Annie make it through the lead up the day itself without falling apart. (making music with the salt, pepper and [...]

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I’m very excited today

April 27, 2012
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Today is the launch of something very special. I am forever grateful to Kate from Kate Says Stuff who asked me to join with herself,  Suz from The I Love You Song, Renee from About A Bugg and Twitchy from Twitchy Corner to make a dream reality.   We have a dream. A space for other parents with children on the autism [...]

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Alice and Oosie Come to Play

April 18, 2012

It has been a long time between visits from Alice and Oosie, I was sad they seem to have disappeared but also philosophical, Heidi was growing up. Then we went to visit our friend A and she had this fascinating piece of wood: Pop Up and ta-da….. I think it looks a bit like Minas [...]

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