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Meal Planning…
Categories: HouseholdContinue Reading: Meal Planning…When trying to be organised, you don’t have to look far before coming up with tips for meal planning. This comes in many forms, from trying to reduce stress during a busy week to trying to save money to simply being organised. Meal planning is touted as the ultimate thing to keep you healthy, save…
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To Autism Support Services
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: To Autism Support ServicesLet me introduce myself. My name is Melissa, and at the time of writing, I’m 46 years old. I am autistic and ADHD, diagnosed at the age of 44. I feel you are letting me, and others like me, down, mostly because we don’t fit in with your understanding of who an autistic person is,…
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Working to my energy levels
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: Working to my energy levelsI have always struggled with working a 9-5 work schedule. Whether I was working full time for an employer or working for myself, trying to maintain a ‘traditional’ work schedule has never worked well for me. It has left me exhausted as my energy levels fluctuate, not only throughout the day, but also throughout the…
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Review: The Unlikely Heroes Club
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: The Unlikely Heroes ClubAuthor: Kate Foster Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: 5 July 2023 Blurb: A fun, frolicking adventure about five kids with a mystery to solve! Eleven-year-old Oli is spending his school holidays at Heroes Club, where kids can build friendships and learn about their emotions, but Oli just wants to be home … where it’s familiar, not-so-boring and…
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Staring at a blank page
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Staring at a blank pageOne of the reasons I realised that this 100 day blogging challenge has been, well, challenging, is that I can sit down to write with the best intentions, however if I don’t have an idea of what to write, nothing will come. This is just how my brain works. I can’t force the ideas, though…
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Thoughts on Peer Pressure
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Thoughts on Peer PressureI saw a post on Instagram this morning talking about peer pressure and how we often find it baffling. You can read the post here. Growing up, I found peer pressure completely baffling. I was told the rules, for example, don’t smoke cigarettes, especially under 18. I also had experience of my grandma smoking and…
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Sometimes, I’m Jealous…
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Sometimes, I’m Jealous…Sometimes, I’m jealous of my 20yo kid. We are both diagnosed AuDHD, however he’s able to do things I was never able to do… I offer him jobs that could earn him money, some of the work some of my clients pay me for. These are skills he could learn, and he says no because…
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Review: Don’t Tell Me What to Do
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Don’t Tell Me What to DoAuthor: Renee Connoulty Category: Picture Book Publisher: Renee Connoulty Publication date: 8 May 2024 Blurb: Rose wants to learn and have fun, but when she feels like she’s being bossed around, she gets upset. Rose might yell or run away, even if she really wants to do what’s being asked. Rose can’t help how her brain reacts. Rose’s mum and…
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Selective Mutism
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Selective MutismToday I am looking at some of my own autistic traits. The other day, I listened to a video by Orion Kelly about Autistic Shutdown. So much of this video resonated with me as I don’t tend to have meltdowns, I shutdown and withdraw. More on that in future posts. One thing he mentions is…
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Review: Growing In To Autism
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Growing In To AutismAuthor: Sandra Thom-Jones Category: Memoir Publisher: Melbourne University Press Publication date: 30 August 2022 Blurb: What’s it like to realise you’re autistic? And how do you start to ask the world around you to accept that? From the outside looking in, Sandra Thom-Jones was living a successful life: she had a great career, a beautiful home, a caring husband,…