Our young people tend to move in cycles (in reality we all do, but that’s another story). Like the waves crashing on the shore, the effort of moving forwards inevitably also leads to some backwards motion. Neurodevelopmentally foundational, it’s the same framework that operates during the so-called “sleep regressions” our young people experience as babies....Read More

As neuroaffirming (and usually also neurodivergent) parents, we have often already moved to a position of radical acceptance. Our lives are as they are. We aren’t trying to change them. Our young people are as they are. We aren’t trying to change them. It brings a lot of peace. To live as we do, to...Read More

There’s a weird thing that happens with autistic people’s interests. They get called “special interests”. People get really concerned about autistic people engaging in these “special interests”. Things that any other neurotypical person would call a hobby or a passion. They are labelled as “too obsessive” and “too restrictive”. People intentionally try to interrupt them,...Read More

A lesson I needed to relearn today. We have a tendency to speed things up when we, or others, are in distress. To get things over with as quickly as possible, for the uncomfortable thing to have passed and the issue to be resolved. This is particularly true with our young people. When they are...Read More