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Channel: dyspraxia – Michele Gianetti: Life with SPD and Dyspraxia
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As a mom to a child with Global Dyspraxia,  the challenges of breaking down skills into manageable steps is challenging. And having the same child have Sensory Processing Disorder or (SPD) makes its it...

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Summertime, Summertime, Summertime

This is my first post in a while due to the recent death of my beloved Dad and then following immediately on its heels was the start of summer.  Wow, it was quite the emotional and exhausting Spring. I...

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A Checks and Balance System

It is funny but as a parent we can lay down the law.  New rules for when our children have officially been “given the inch and taken the mile”   “From now on…” is something my children hear, usually...

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The Reasons Why We Need To Stay Alert

I am sitting in the waiting area of our CranioSacral therapist office while Elizabeth is getting her second treatment in three days.  As I sit here and hear Elizabeth crying about “things”  I am left...

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Time To Take A Breath

“Today,Michele”,  “Today is the day you NEED to type your blog!”  I would tell myself this daily for at least the past three weeks.  But I just could not do it.  If you have been following my blog, you...

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Sometimes We Forget

I was sitting her clicking on my computer and I checked an email from someone.  It was from someone I did not know but who was signing up to order my book.  You see she has a daughter with Sensory...

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A Source Of Strength

I watched her approach the starting line of her track meet.  I am feeling quite nervous probably because I know she is quite nervous.  We have talked a lot about her feelings and she tells me that the...

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Chapter With Many Titles

I was running the other day, passing many houses on my one long six mile route around our town.  I find one big lap to be far more entertaining to my eyes and mind than several laps around a track.  So...

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Purple Hair and Other Fun Facts

Today was the day that we decided to “re-purple” Elizabeth’s hair.  In actuality, her hair was pink, then when it sort of washed out, I went and bought SPLAT hair color in purple and began the fun of...

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Trick Or Treat…And Much More

“Yes, Elizabeth you can go with your brother to trick or treat.”  A simple sentence said.  Many people would not think twice about it except to make sure that they had the proper costume for their...

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Happy Halloween

So many times, there are things or events in the year, that make sensory issues come to the forefront.  Halloween is one of those times. The sights of people in costumes, with masks on or face paint....

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Dear Santa,

Dear Santa, Again I have to say it is hard to believe it has been a whole year since I last wrote to you. I hope you are doing well and you are healthy. Our year has been one that has taken us to...

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Graduation Thoughts

Can I believe Elizabeth is graduating in a few months? Can I believe that another leg of her journey in life is ending? Can I believe that all the hard work she has done in her life to get to this...

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Trees and The Forest

As I write this I am sitting near to the dining room table filled with items from Elizabeth’s years in high school. The table is full of pictures, awards from her work study places, track pictures,...

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Some Summer Thoughts

  I was watching T.V. the other day with Michael and a commercial for water balloons came on You have seen this one, I am sure, it is the self-sealing water balloons. You can make up to several dozen...

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Forgive Yourself

I know I write many stories about Elizabeth. I think raising her and growing in knowledge about her, has become sort of my part-time, if not my full-time job. I write about her life with the hopes that...

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Let the Celebration Begin

I heard the yells and the cheers as I finished swimming my lap of the pool and while this would not be unusual if I were in a race, but I was not in a race, so the cheers rang out quite noticeably. It...

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Just Some Thoughts

So I know Elizabeth is 21 years old. I know that she is in a college program and doing well. I also know that we communicated all the information about her disorders of Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing...

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Some Thoughts

I watched as Elizabeth worked so hard to tell her brother about her day. She told him in a few sentences about her day. And I loved watching her do this. But I could see that she was working pretty...

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A Friend’s Advice

I was getting on the elliptical machine the other day and like a lot of machines you have to put in your age. Sometimes, this is done by putting the numbers in like a calculator and other times, like...

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