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Happy Friday the 13th.
To stave off all-consuming anxiety, autists require a larger than normal amount of routine and predictability to be able to function.
Covid19 increasingly, and globally, means that there is no routine, and nothing can be predicted.
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I am not a doctor.
But here are my thoughts on Covid-19, because "thought" seems to be a vanishing rare thing on that topic:- Q: Is it really that dangerous?
A: We don't know yet. It's likely that its total mortality rate is going to end up lower than you might expect, because many, most, maybe even almost all cases are mild to unnoticeable. If you've got a mild ( Read more... )
- Q: Is it really that dangerous?
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Goodbye 2019. Don't let the door hit your arse.
I've recently had my forty-sixth birthday, and it affected me more than I thought it would. I came to the realisation that I'm no longer getting older, now I'm just getting old ( Read more... ) -
A box of one's own
The difference between a prison and a refuge is on which side of the door is the lock.
I wrote about this four years ago, and it's still relevant: Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers (BoingBoing)
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So I was sick at home yesterday, and after the girls got home from school I decided that it was quiet. Too quiet. And having picked up Peter Gabriel's Car album recently, I decided to play that at them ( Read more... ) -
Autistics Speaking Day 2019
(Self-)Advocacy is hard, because it doesn't feel, most of the time, like a disability ( Read more... ) -
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The NDIS, and the Liberal's continuing ringbarking of it.
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TIL
Apparently, the Renaissance began some time in the 13th century.
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"Man of titanium"
So... Stiff, inflexible, and lightweight?
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