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One Dad's Opinion: An Inadequate Summary of the Hub at USD Part 1
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This is one Dad's opinion of various subjects, most of which involve the day to day aspects of raising children who are mildly autistic. I have three young sons, two of whom have been diagnosed with autism, and this has opened my eyes to the always-interesting world of autistic perspective. Thursday, June 26, 2008. An Inadequate Summary of the Hub at USD Part 1. What follows is a completely inadequate summary of the occasion of The Autism Hub. Presentation at University of San Diego's Autism Institute.
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One Dad's Opinion: A Bit Rusty, Very Proud
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This is one Dad's opinion of various subjects, most of which involve the day to day aspects of raising children who are mildly autistic. I have three young sons, two of whom have been diagnosed with autism, and this has opened my eyes to the always-interesting world of autistic perspective. Wednesday, February 2, 2011. A Bit Rusty, Very Proud. Ahhh, much better. And now, back to it. MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011. Some words to chew on. Today I wore this to work out. No work out for mama: Bummer. For him and a...
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The Voyage: April 2015
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Yes to Marriage Equality. I've just written about our wedding. On April 9 and described what a beautiful and perfect day it was. I had married before, 19 years ago. It was an unhappy marriage that I tried for many years to fix before coming to accept, with the support of many people around me and the help of Women's Aid, that staying married would destroy my life. And likely those of my children. The separation happened four years ago and the horrendous task of divorcing took a few years more. I have hea...
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The Voyage: March 2015
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In Saturday's Guardian was an short piece called " What I'm really thinking: the grandmother of an autistic child. I have not bothered to comment on a Guardian article for a few years but I wanted to reach out to this woman. I swallowed my distaste for the assumptions and probably unexamined attitudes regarding disabled lives and the potential to learn and develop. So doing my best to be considerate and temperate, I left a comment. The most helpful thing to me in knowing how best to help my son has been ...
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The Voyage: Our Wedding
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I am happy today because my mum and Micheál are getting married. That is great and loving and wonderful. Micheál is my friend. He is funny and sometimes silly. We go to Tesco and he buys me the right cookies and DVDs. I like taking him to the cinema. My mum is beautiful and kind. We go to the Transport Museum and W5 and the funfair. Our family will always be friends and love will win the day.". We exchanged our vows including some we'd written ourselves:. To share all my joys and sorrows with you,. Is mi...
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The Voyage: Yes to Marriage Equality
http://thefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com/2015/04/yes-to-marriage-equality.html
Yes to Marriage Equality. I've just written about our wedding. On April 9 and described what a beautiful and perfect day it was. I had married before, 19 years ago. It was an unhappy marriage that I tried for many years to fix before coming to accept, with the support of many people around me and the help of Women's Aid, that staying married would destroy my life. And likely those of my children. The separation happened four years ago and the horrendous task of divorcing took a few years more. I have hea...
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The Voyage: Post for #BADD: Stop Excusing Murder
http://thefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com/2014/05/post-for-badd-stop-excusing-murder.html
Post for #BADD: Stop Excusing Murder. Trigger warning for discussion of child murder. Please call your emergency services or local crisis support number if you need immediate and urgent help. Samaritans UK 08457 909090. Samaritans Ireland 116 123. This is a post for Blogging Against Disablism Day 2014. I first read about this awful crime via an article in The Independent with a headline describing the woman subsequently accused of murder as a " devoted mother. 8212; Dava Roopchand (@Dava73) April 29, 2014.
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The Voyage: This is My Child
http://thefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com/2013/08/this-is-my-child.html
This is My Child. This Is My Child is an awareness-raising campaign run by Mumsnet. This is my millennium baby. He didn't develop along quite the same path as his older sister and most of his peers and was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old. As a toddler he didn't speak but he communicated in other ways. Over time and with lots of help and teaching optimised to his way of learning he learnt to communicate more effectively. Ryan aged 6, Robin Hood/Cowboy mash-up. 5:41 pm, August 20, 2013.
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The Voyage: Never Say Never
http://thefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com/2015/03/never-say-never.html
In Saturday's Guardian was an short piece called " What I'm really thinking: the grandmother of an autistic child. I have not bothered to comment on a Guardian article for a few years but I wanted to reach out to this woman. I swallowed my distaste for the assumptions and probably unexamined attitudes regarding disabled lives and the potential to learn and develop. So doing my best to be considerate and temperate, I left a comment. The most helpful thing to me in knowing how best to help my son has been ...
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The Voyage: Ryan Movie Maker
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I asked Ryan if I could write a blog post about him and as long as he didn't have to write anything himself he was happy enough. So I'm going to try to tell you about my boy and think the best way is to share some of his creations. Ticket for Ryan's forthcoming Minecraft movie. He's also kindly detailed running order of ads and trailers for the benefit of the cinemas and has a poster letting us know who else is involved in this work of creative genius:. He's even adapted the Pixar logo. I've had to expla...
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