Brilliant Minds
She has achieved excellence in her field, in a way that many great Autie’s of past and present times have, and its because of her different brain not in spite of it.
Welcome to Through Coloured Shattered Glass – a blog about parenting differently, ASD, twins, psychology and life in general.
Hi, I’m Jennie, and this is my life and my blog.
Fatigue Parenting
We’ve all been there. At the point when you allow rules to be bent or even broken, just to keep the peace…
Secrets Breed Fear
I’m sure a LOT of people wonder why I speak so openly and honestly to my children. The thing is that what you don’t say can often hold more power than what you do say…
Intolerance…Below the surface.
It’s like a mapping exercise discovering and noting aspects of life that increase or decrease each person’s tolerance. It’s a great way of establishing a set of coping styles and a list of behaviours that indicate reduced coping.
A meltdown is NOT a failure.
Dealing with meltdowns has been such a regular part of my life for so long now, that they cease to have the impact they did in the early days. I also look at them differently, and hope to share that perspective with you. First, a little background about my...
Happy New Year
For at home mums in Australia, the year kind of begins in February. As the sleepy hollow of January is full of closed businesses and school holidays, it takes us…
Christmas Recovery
Every year we join friends on Boxing Day for their annual Christmas recovery gathering. It is a day of sharing leftovers, discussion of the past year, kids happily playing together while adults eat, drink and relax, plus sunset with a view.
