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Mother's Day thoughts: about relationships, love, change, separations and special days

duponthumanite May 14, 2006 10:15

I am so glad my mum loves me enough to do the hard things ( Read more... )

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The Teachings of Jon and beyond: (What can you/have you learnt from Jon?)

duponthumanite May 04, 2006 11:33

Wow.

When I was looking up on Families of Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, I found this awesome site for an awesome documentary.

Go through Jon's childhood and you'll see just what I mean.

The documentary as a whole is The Teachings of Jon and will be shown in several American states on many TV channels there ( Read more... )

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Worlds of our own/Trauma and relationships: A Trinity of Questions for All Who Read Here

duponthumanite May 02, 2006 18:33

Sorry I wasn't able to do Blogging against Disabilism, even though I had a conversation with a visually impaired friend (friend with visual impairment)? Well, to me, she will always be beloved, just like her name. And she will be full of light and enlightenment too. She and her relatives - and the people on the street - have no right to think she ( Read more... )

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Severine learning English - and lots of links about autistic being and autistic power

duponthumanite Apr 28, 2006 13:56

I think I've got it!

And here is another link.

What should you and could you do when your children/students love to do the power play on you?

Mi Casa es mi Castillo: Nancy Spoolstra on the Attachment Disorders blog.

And tho' I'm not so religious now:

I stand by what I thought then.

God doesn't make us dumb animalsThere is seldom a moment in ( Read more... )

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My riposte to the situation outlined in the Curious Incident (no, children, not Haddon's book)

duponthumanite Apr 18, 2006 18:30

I've never been afraid to think differently and act differently ( Read more... )

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Sarcasm and the exclamation mark

duponthumanite Apr 18, 2006 09:36

It's no secret that I find most sarcasm incomprehensible and intolerable ( Read more... )

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Where my education fails me: autism and loneliness

duponthumanite Mar 19, 2006 21:57

Most of you know that I have had an expensive and privileged education, in all senses of the phrase.

asperger asked a vibrant question. A vital one I should say ( Read more... )

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