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Keah Brown is right - our adaptive equipment [and the adaptive equipment which helps us live; work; play in the communities we are in] is part of us and it is to be respected. And if you can add an element of coolness to it - so much the better!
ReplyDelete[thank you Louise for writing and interviewing Brown about the new book].
Adelaide
Michelle:
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! That had had to have been alarming [if you would pardon the pun].
A lot of people with executive dysfunction use spotters [like in these precision judgement sports for gymnastics - thinking of my Barcelona Olympics record book and all the events which were involved] who serve the same function as did your neighbour for Elizabeth and you.
And budded headphones! They are not exactly my favourite thing either especially when attention and intention are blocked.
Adelaide
Squaring up the evidence, Boynton looks at Facilitated Communication and two of its offshoots in LinkUp's ninth post.
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One of my local magazines reminded me of the power of R U OK day.
ReplyDeleteI have supported this day since 2009 when I wrote about it on the Emotional Intelligence forum and the effects of it on mental health.
Now LinkedIn Australia has opened up a panel to ask people if they are OK in and with their mental health at work and elsewhere.
Adelaide
My very best guess about diaphanous fabric is that it comes in two - or divided - layers.
ReplyDeleteIt is so wonderful in the world of illustration.
SLAP HAPPY LARRY [Lynley Stace - they have a neurodivergent child and do short story and film analyses] also has a piece about WRITING IN THE PRESENT TENSE.
Adelaide
With Oster's PARENT DATA: I think only the REDSHIRTING question is public.
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