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Calming the Anxious Aspie
Last week we visited our OT (Occupational Therapist) to discuss Annie’s experience with tracksuit pants and stockings. Additionally I hoped to find some calming strategies to help my anxious girl. It was a fasci… -
Aspergers, Anxiety and Emotions Part 2
Part 1 is here. Next up in our series of emotion collages was ‘Loved’ -
Play Therapy
Our Occupational Therapist (OT) got us this wonderful new toy. My girls love it, they’ve had so much fun playing cooking and kitchens and chefs, to the girls it is a fantastic toy. To the OT and I it is so much mo… -
Autism & Haircuts
I’ve had my computer hooked up to our back up hard drive this week and found these pictures that Dad took of the girls getting their hair cut in December 2008. This hairdresser was such a wonderful find for us &… -
Tackling the Movies with Autism & Sensory Processing Disorder
Going to the movies with Heidi has always been a challenge; the sensory aspect of it is overwhelming. -
The Awesomeness of Autism
World Autism Awareness Day has come and gone with nary a post from me on the subject. I feel guilty, I should have said something, this whole blog seems to now be about Autism, although not so much raising awareness o… -
Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder: An Overwhelming Experience
Shopping, crowds, people, change, unexpected sights, loud sounds, balloons popping, trolleys hustling, keys cutting, hip hip hooray and happy birthday. Going out with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Di… -
It's Homework Time!
My girls both receive homework, they are expected to read a ‘reader’ daily, this task is no hardship to my girls who have experienced reading as a regular part of daily life since birth.. in fact since in… -
The Battle
We have had this ongoing battle in our house. One in which I try to store blankets, suitcases, various items we don’t use all that often into one side of Annie’s wardrobe. It is a difficult space to access… -
Aspie in the Kitchen!
There are a couple of Aspergers traits that when they team up together I find very frustrating: A) Always being right B) Refusal to follow instructions One area that is really good for teaching children the value…
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- About Me: I am Marita and I blog at - http://leechbabe.wordpress.com/. I am a mother of two amazing girls, Annie and Heidi. I am a wife to wonderful man called Ralph. I am myself, diagnosed with Crohns disease in my late teens, interested in cross stitch, sci-fi and fantasy. This blog started out as a cross stitch blog but has evolved over the years to cover most aspects of life in my home. In May 2007 my youngest daughter was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism.
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