Tag: neurodivergent children
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Sensory Meltdown: The 4 Stages
Living with a neurodivergent child (or adult) comes with its set of challenges. Meltdowns are among the most common and not-always-easy things to deal with. Perhaps understanding a bit more of how a sensory meltdown happens can help. A sensory meltdown usually happens as a result of overstimulation. People with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) can Read more
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Is It a Temper Tantrum or Sensory Meltdown?
As parents, we always want our children to be well-behaved. And when they act up, we usually have discipline strategies up our sleeves to make sure they go back to the expected behavior. After all, we don’t want to be that parent whose kid throws temper tantrums in the middle of the supermarket just because Read more
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6 Ways Dyslexia Affects Daily Life
Dyslexia is most commonly known as a learning disability that makes it difficult for a person to learn to read. It’s often portrayed (at least, in movies) as a child who can’t decipher the words because he tends to flip the letters that look alike, or these letters are “dancing” all over the place. But not Read more
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The Neurodivergent Person’s Need for Accommodations
What if neurodivergence is not something that needs to be fixed, but something to embrace? Maybe then we can make the accommodations that our or our loved ones’ neurodivergent minds need. In the old days, the child diagnosed with a neurodivergent condition was seen as someone having problems that we could—and should!—troubleshoot and find a Read more
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Parenting a Neurodivergent Child Can Be Overwhelming!
We all thought parenting was supposed to be easy. But parenting a neurodivergent child? What happens when all we want to do every. single. day. is to turn our backs on the ones we’re supposed to be taking care of–because we just. CAN’T. TAKE. it anymore? First off, hugs! You’re not alone, and it’s not Read more