I like this post from the Facing Autism in New Brunswick blog because Harold L. Doherty makes a candid and loving description of his son, Conor, and raises an interesting point on the use of labels…. And we’re not talking about food or clothes labels here!
How often do you hear things like ‘I’m diabetic’, [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
What is it with labels?
Mass Thinking…
That’s 3 mornings in a row now. I’m getting really annoyed with being bombarded with news of even more doom and gloom the minute the alarm goes off.
However, it’s a good illustration of mass thinking at work.
Let me explain using the example of the recession.
Media do a grand job of steering the thoughts of [...]
Coping with the diagnosis
You had a feeling for some time something was not quite right.
You went through all the hurdles to have your child looked at by the professionals.
And now, you have the diagnosis…. It’s autism. Although, you had your suspicions, it still comes like a blow with a club. You feel all sorts [...]
What this blog is all about
This blog is for parents, sisters, brothers, grandparents… everybody with children on the autism spectrum.
A big welcome to you all!
I’d like this blog to be a place of information and also of sharing. Sharing of all that life has to offer… the good, the bad and the ugly. A place where [...]