You Might Be An Autism Parent If ...

There have been some really good tweets on twitter recently sent mostly by parents of children on the Autism Spectrum. I thought I would share some of them. Rather than type them all out I took some screen shots.

Some of them truly tugged at my heart strings.

If you'd like to see some more please click >>HERE<<<

Spring Cleaning, But Its Autumn ..

What a gloriously sunny day today. It was certainly a reprieve from the gloomy overcast days we've had recently. So what did I do today while the weather was nice ... I swept the floor, vacuumed, did two loads of washing, finally took some washing off the line that had been stuck there for almost a week due to the rain and picked Brodie up from school because he wasn't allowed to work because he didn't take his chef's shirt with him.

For some reason the hospital kitchen staff said he was out of uniform and wasn't able to work today. I didn't read anywhere in the contract that stated he had to wear his TAFE chef's uniform to his work placement. Anyway they (work) sent him back to school and school said they didn't want him there because he had no classes to attend. So of course I had to go and pick him up. At least the weather was nice and I didn't have to drive up there in the pouring rain. But that cut into my cleaning so I made Brodie help me a bit when he got home. Surprisingly he helped without moaning about it. I'm still in shock.

I had a visitor coming this afternoon which was one of the main reasons I was cleaning/tidying up this morning ( I couldn't let my visitor see how grotty the house was). I got to meet a twitter friend for the first time, @MissMamaBear & her LittleBear. They were coming to town to visit family and popped in for a cuppa. It was nice to be able to put a face to the name.

I even managed to get some knitting done this afternoon. The little hedgehog will be finished by the end of this week hopefully. Of course there will be photos when I am done.

My only problem now is to work out what we are going to eat for dinner. I am sure if I ask the kids for suggestions they will say take-away!

How Addicted To Twitter Are You?

32% doesn't seem so bad.
Do you think you're addicted at all? I would love to know (cos I am nosy that way lol)

Created by Oatmeal

Communication Shutdown November 1st 2010

Social interaction is one of the biggest challenges for people with Autism. Monday November 1st the world will have some idea on what it's like.

By choosing to 'shutdown' your social networks (Twitter & Facebook) for one day (November 1st) you will have an idea on how people on the Autism Spectrum face this challenge every day.

Go HERE to find out more about Communication Shutdown.

More Reasons To Buy Yarn

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• If you stack the wool by the windows it helps keep the house warm.
  
  
• When the sun shines through the window it makes everything look pretty!
  

Some of My Old Drawings

Here's a couple of photos of some drawings I did a very long time ago. I think we still lived in the caravan park when I drew these. I was talking with Jenn @wisdompathart on twitter about how I love her artwork and I could never be half as good as she is. Her work is awesome!
You can check out her work >>>HERE<<<

I'm thinking I still need loads of practise!

Do You Twitter?

I've finally joined Twitter. It's kind of neat being able to follow friends & other people and what they are thinking. Mark's joined it now and so has Brodie. All I need to do is tell Angus about it and we'll all be tweeting.

http://twitter.com/Bloss90