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Sensory Gardens

I’ve just been watching a programme on the television where a group pf people came in and built a sensory garden for a particular family.

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Losing Things

And finding them as well, actually. It is really easy for ANY child to lose things, but it’s easier generally speaking for children on the spectrum to lose things.

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Kevin’s birthday

Well today is his birthday and it has been a great day. To see him develop and change through the years we have been together has been extraordinary.

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Effects of a seizure

I wasn’t quite sure what to call this, to be honest with you. First, I want to start with thoughts about my seizure and afterwards and the long term effects you probably have no idea of, if you haven’t faced it or learned about it.

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Cooking Shows

Do you ever watch cooking shows? I love watching them, but the thing I enjoy the most is when it’s a competition and the contestants help each other when they are stuck.

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The Olympics

Yes, I know I don’t often talk about them, but actually, I do enjoy watching some of the events. Anything with horses, gymnastics in all its forms, and ice skating.

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Hair cuts

Oh my goodness! Hair cuts. Oh boy! To say that Johnathan didn’t like haircuts when he was young is ONE way of putting it!

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Care Plans

Care plans are for those who are disabled and the people that care for them. I have been with the same Carer’s Centre for 8-9 years, I think.

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Music and Poetry

Now I know I have spoken about music and poetry before. If you wish to go back and see them, you are more than welcome to do so.

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Someone singing

Do you ever hear people singing? I know that if you like that kind of music that it will bring a smile to your face, even if you have a tear in your eye at the same time.

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Sentient Chair

My son introduced me to the idea of a sentient chair. He wanted me to write about one/them. To me, it seemed so unreal to me that I would be like Enid Blyton or the lady who wrote “The Phoenix and the Carpet.”

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