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Being Late Diagnosed is a lot like a Romance Movie
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Being Late Diagnosed is a lot like a Romance MovieI enjoy watching those cheesy Hallmark romantic comedies, so many are set around Christmas, however there are others that are set during different times of the year. You know the ones, a guy or girl returns to their hometown & falls in love. They are usually straight to TV movies and there are so many…
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Review: Unmasking Millie
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Unmasking MillieAuthor: Millie Carr Illustrator: Polina Povshedna Category: Picture Book Publisher: Millie Carr Books Publication date: 27 July 2023 Blurb: “Your brain it works different, different you see. Different than others, neurotypically.” Millie suspects she is different than others. On the outside she appears to be fine but what’s really going on in her head is a completely different story. Unmasking…
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As Is…
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: As Is…A while ago, I discovered a YouTube channel called How to ADHD, and the videos have been quite helpful in understanding ADHD. Someone in a Facebook group shared a video today that had me in tears. Click here to view it. It’s talking about how we are enough ‘as is’, we don’t have to overcome to be…
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What does unmasking look like?
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: What does unmasking look like?Given that we’re living through a pandemic, when most people hear the term ‘masking’, they think about wearing face masks. They think that ‘unmasking’ is taking those masks off. When it comes to AuDHD masking, it’s a different beast. When I talk about masking in this context, it’s something that a lot of us do…
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Review: Secret Science Society’s Spectacular Experiment
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Secret Science Society’s Spectacular ExperimentAuthor: Kathy Hoopmann, & Josie Montano Illustrator: Ann-Marie Finn Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Wombat Books Publication date: 10 August 2019 Blurb: Mona likes to moan.Kiki is a worry-wart.Bart loves following rules.And Zane HATES following rules. When the four of them are put into The Secret Science Society together, this could only mean one thing: DISASTER! Will they be able to…
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Introducing Womby
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Introducing WombyGrowing up, I loved teddy bears. They were great to cuddle and I had a half hearted collection for a while. When we were in Nepal, all I wanted was a teddy bear, and I got one in the missionary barrels. Even as a teen and young adult, teddy bears were among my favourite things.…