Our Next Meeting

Hi everyone,

Thanks to those that braved the weather and the heavy metal band that were playing next door (unexpectedly) to attend our first meeting. It was great to be able to chat and share each other's experiences with ASD and I'm sure we all have lots more to share with each other. I hope that the information that we resourced and prepared for you helped you a little.

We are now looking forward to our next meeting

Time	Monday, May 2 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	The Burpengary Community Complex, 111 Station Road, Burpengary, Qld 4505 More details can be found here

We have sourced out some new information, there's so much out there. And ofcourse sometimes it's just nice to be able to share experiences with other people who have or are experiencing the same things. We all have different things that we have tried with our children, some have failed and some have succeeded, it's great to get ideas from other parents/carers.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday......................................

............................. and we promise no heavy metal music this time ;-)

One Week To Go!

We've begun our countdown............. One week today we will be holding our first meeting!!

We're very excited about this........ (can you tell?) :)

We are very pleased to announce a date for our first ASD meeting, Monday 18th April 7pm—9pm, it will be held at Burpengary Community Complex, 111 Station Road, Burpengary, Qld 4505. We will be holding the meetings on the 1st and 3rd Monday evening of every month. 

Tea, Coffee and something yummy will be provided, we look forward to seeing you there.

Gold coin donation appreciated to cover cost of room hire

We have been very busy over the past 2 weeks trying to organise everything and have managed to gather lots of information to share with our parents, carers and teachers (yes we have also had interest from a couple of teachers who are interested in discovering more about ASD's). We've had a very positive response from our local community and look forward to meeting lots of new people. 


We have also managed to book a guest speaker for an upcoming meeting.....................more details will follow :)

The Autism Experience

 The Autism Experience is a guide to bringing up children with Autism Spectrum Disorder written by parents who have themselves navigated the medical maze, braved the behavioural problems and survived the emotional rollercoaster associated with caring for someone with autism.




This is a great new book that is now available to buy in Australia. 
The Author, Valerie Foley has a son with ASD.  She also devotes much of her time to helping the parents of other autistic children and is particularly involved with the Someone To Turn To project, which provides emotional and practical support for such parents by putting them in touch with volunteers who have had similar experiences. 


  This book is filled with useful information and personal experience, recounted with wit and raw honesty,The Autism Experience is both an invaluable practical guide and a source of comfort for parents learning to live with autism. 


We would highly recommend this book, it's definitely one that we will be buying :) 

More Information

Read "The Autism Experience Blog" here 

Like "The Autism Experience" on Facebook here

Follow "The Autism Experience" on Twitter here

Light It Up Blue For Autism

Today is Light It Up Blue For Autism Day.  

To show our love and support for our autism angels we wore blue today, blue jeans, blue tops.....the works. My little man even broke school uniform rules today and wore blue socks (they're supposed to wear white) along with his blue sun hat.

What's the point in all the blue you ask?
Today (April 1st)  World Autism Awareness Day is being celebrated in Australia. It will be celebrated world wide tomorrow (April 2nd).   The idea is to wear blue, light up blue (we're also putting blue bulbs/globes in our outside lights, to light up blue) to show support and raise awareness for Autism.

          

April is Autism Awareness month so why not show some support, raise awareness and show the world what wonderful, amazing, clever and beautiful people our children are.

Uncooked Playdough - Sensory Fun!

Alot of children on the spectrum have sensory issues. Play Dough is one of the best (and cheapest) sensory toys available. Here is one recipe for a simple recipe, that requires no cooking but will provide hours of sensory fun.

Uncooked Play Dough

2 cups of plain flour
4 tablespoons of 'cream of tartar'
2 tablespoons of cooking oil
1 cup of salt
2 cups of boiling water
food colouring

*Just pop it all in a mixing bowl and mix!

*It looks as though it is not going to mix well at first but hang in there and throw it onto the bench to knead, and it will come  together really nicely.*

For even more sensory fun you can put different things into the mixture  such as glitter, sequins or sand. Just be careful you don't put things in like rice as they tend to go mouldy - we find glitter is really good.

Or maybe you could add peppermint oil for a great smell and even longer lasting playdough...... The possibilities are endless

Our First Meeting!

We are very pleased to announce a date for our first ASD meeting, Monday 18th April 7pm—9pm, it will be held at Burpengary Community Complex, 111 Station Road, Burpengary, Qld 4505 (on the left, coming from Morayfield, just past the Police station) We will be holding the meetings on the 1st and 3rd Monday evening of every month. 

Tea and Coffee will be provided, we look forward to seeing you there.

Gold coin donation appreciated to cover cost of room hire