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My Experience

Join in Autism Community Conversations with Eileen Parker–that’s me.

November 12, 2011

I had an idea. Parents ask me questions, which I don’t mind at all. Some call out of the blue and others during conversations while they have questions about choosing a weighted blanket. Some of them spark new blog posts, and the rest live with me. So, I decided to start regular conference calls named [...]

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Autism and scraping our knees and getting back up again

April 18, 2011

“Absolutely be yourself. We are all extraordinary, wonderful people.” It’s 1:00 a.m. as I am watching this video and my eyes area tearing up. I have worked so hard to get myself to where I am. I have a strong relationship, a business, three cats, two children, two step children, and believe me all of [...]

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Looking in as an Outsider with Autism

September 20, 2010

At Granny’s I spent a lot of time just wandering off being myself and being confused as to why people were doing as they did–like talking so much about the obvious or for no reason I could gather.  I would go in the living room and play the organ or watch “Hockey Night in Canada” [...]

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Fixations, Embarrassment and my Autism

June 3, 2009

I love fixations, and I revel in them.  The world may say, “Do something useful,” “Talk,” or “We’re doing this now,” but it is deliriously heavenly to fixate. I fixated on a draping palm tree when I was in San Francisco with my mum last year.  Staring up into that tree was wondrous.  The randomness [...]

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