Category: Emotion

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The Birthday Beast and Life Lessons

Aggression, Anger, Autism, Autism Awareness, behavior, Birthday, COVID-19, Emotion, Emotional Regulation, family, frustration, games, Gaming, learning, losing, Mario, Nintendo, Parent, parenting, Regulate, Restricted Interests, Self-Regulation, Social Distancing 24

While trying to create the best birthday ever for Declan, we unintentionally created a birthday beast. Read how we handled the beast, here!

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“I’m too Embarrassed!”

Anxiety, Autism, Emotion, Social Interaction, Strangers 17

“I am too embarrassed!” is something I am hearing very frequently from Declan these days. But why is he feeling embarrassed? Read more, here!

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Externalization and the Emotional Hot Potato

Anger, Autism, Emotion, Emotional Regulation, Externalization, High Functioning Autism, Meltdown, Parent, Regulate 14

Autistic meltdown for a high functioning tween? Hormones? Or externalization and the tossing of an emotional hot potato? Read more, here!

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Autism and Empathy

Asperger's, Autism, conference, Emotion, Empathy, Feeling Cue, learning, Visual Learning 29

To say a person with autism lacks empathy would be a false statement. Read more about this idea, here!

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Out With the Old Shirts, In With a New Emotion!

Autism, Emotion, Language, PECS, Spiderman, Visual Learning 18

Recently, Declan expressed a big emotion when discussing a change in school attire. Read more about it, here!

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He Had to Choose

Autism, Behavior Chart, Bobby, Emotion, Feeling Cue, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy 19

The word prompt invoked a different kind of story than I am used to telling. This one is about Bobby.

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Lesson Learned!

Autism, Emotion, PECS, pictures, Visual Learning 16

If you were to visit my house a few years ago you would have seen visual cues everywhere. We lived in a visual learning world! Read how that visual learning is still being used in our house today!

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