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12.01.2022 Fixations = Interests = Strengths = Learning! Fixated interests serve a variety of functions for children on the spectrum: 1. Fixations (interests, passions) of...ten give children something they can control, which is understandable and predictable for them. Categorizing them, arranging them, learning everything there is to know about them helps the children feel safe in a world that is difficult to understand. 2. Fixations help children bring order to a world that is often chaotic and confusing. It allows the child to hyper-focus on one or two things that he can understand; that is predictable, for which he feels some degree of mastery over. 3. The ability to hyper-focus attention on an interest is a common characteristic of ASD. People often see this as a negative characteristic, but can also be reframed and viewed as a strength. This hyper-focus on a passion is what drives learning and development of ideas. This is what drives Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to create wonderful products at Microsoft and Apple. These hyper-focused fixations have lead to wonderful works of art, science, and technology. 4. These fixations are often centered around static, unchanging information: objects, facts, rules, and physical qualities, that does not change, or change based on concrete rules. This allows children to learn facts about their passion, and feel competent knowing everything there is to know. They understand their passions, learn facts about them; making them predictable and easy to control. 5. Another ASD characteristic influencing fixations is the focus on detail. This focus on detail can drive a child with ASD to stay hyper-focused on an interest to learn everything about it. This can also drive a strong need for knowledge of causation (knowing why something works). They want to break it down and understand each detail of why it works. In turn, this can lead to the drive to make things work better and make better products. 6. These fixations also allow the child to hyper-focus in on a narrow interest to block out, escape, and avoid overload from the fast-paced world that is difficult to process. It gives them an escape from the sensory overload, social insecurities, stress, and anxiety of their typical day. They can escape into a world that is understandable, predictable, and controllable, a world for which they feel competent. 7. Fixations are often sensory-based, which help calm and organize the nervous system. They soothe and feel good! They release stress chemicals and are great coping skills for tackling stress and anxiety. We all have sensory stimulation that we seek simply because it feels good! 8. Socially, fixations give the children something to interact with socially. The child feels competent about his passion, and it gives him a topic to talk about. Also the interest to find out more drives information seeking (asking questions). They are eager to share and learn with others. Finally, it is important for parents and teachers to understand how valuable fixations are for the children. Use these fixations to engage the child, and help them expand these fixations into greater strengths. Use fixated interests to motivate greater learning. Expand on these interests to teach social skills, coping skills for stress and anxiety, develop academic skills, further leisure interests, and future vocational goals. Become part of these fixations, enjoy them, and develop them! This series on Strengths and interests can be found in the green book. Autism Discussion Page on Anxiety, Behavior, School, and Parenting Strategies. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2

10.01.2022 What a week! But it's not all bad. Congratulations go to a number of participants Mojo Mentoring have been supporting this week.... Two have gained their learners permits, one her CPR certificate and one completed the ANZ Money Management course. Go guys making the most of your NDIS dollars.

08.01.2022 Been waiting since March to post this. My NDIS verification is through at last I am pleased to advise that under Section 73E of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act, the NDIS Commission has made a decision to register DRECHSLER, JUDITH ANNE (trading as: MOJO-MENTORING) as an NDIS provider.

05.01.2022 This young actress with Down’s syndrome has been entertaining the nation with her hilarious lockdown performances

04.01.2022 PLEASE SHARE: Sam Translates: TELL the NDIS What you think and help make it better!!!! The NDIS have just launched their Participant First Engagement Initiativ...e. The name is, honestly, quite terrible, but the idea is AWESOME, and you should get involved if you’re willing and have the available spoons. NDIS News 15 July 2020 Participant First: Help shape the NDIS Sam Translates: We want to hear from you We’re seeking nominations from participants, families and carers to help improve our policies, services, templates and more. Sam Translates: We want you help make us do better It’s all part of our Participant First Engagement Initiative, which sees us listening to participants about the best ways to improve our approach. Sam Translates: We want you help make us do better Please complete this information form https://www.ndis.gov.au/media/2520/download to register your interest. San Translates: Sam rewrote the form in Easy English: https://www.thegrowingspace.com.au/ndis-are-reaching-out/ We are looking for a mix of participants, families and carers that: - can work collaboratively Sam Translates: we don't want snotwombles - reflect the range of people in the Australian disability community Sam Translates: we don't just want the same people (usually with physical/sensory disability) who we always hear from - have an ability to represent people with varied disabilities Sam Translates: we don't just want the same people (usually with physical/sensory disability) who we always hear from - have different levels of experience with the NDIS. Sam Translates: we don't just want the same people (usually with physical/sensory disability) who we always hear from. The information form allows you to choose between three levels of commitment. The first involves online and email feedback. The second involves one-on-one or small group discussions. The third sees you working directly with project teams to design a product or policy. Sam Translates: you can do lots or a little alone or in groups. We are committed to ensuring that everyone taking part in the Participant First Engagement Initiative has the opportunity to participate fully. The information form will prompt you to outline your specific needs (eg. wheelchair access, support worker, interpreter, etc). Sam Translates: we want everyone who gets involved to have their disability support needs met, but we're not really very good at this, because the form is not in easy english and not very accessible to those with low literacy or cognitive disabilities. We also encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people from rural and remote locations and members of the LGBTIQA+ community to sign up. Sam Translates: we want this to be diverse! Your involvement in Participant First will be kept entirely separate from your role as a participant. Your feedback will not be included in your official NDIS participant record. Sam Translates: We pinky promise this will not f@rck up your NDIS plan and we won't hold any of it against you, even if you slam us. We are always striving to deliver a better experience for our participants. We understand that the best way to do this is to listen to people with lived experience of disability and first-hand experience of the NDIS. That’s what Participant First is all about. Sam Translate: We're trying hard, and seven years in, we've finally heard that we will do better if we listen to you. Sam's opinion: worth doing - the more of us who let them know what's going on, the better. The more ideas we give them to make it better, the better. We all have survey and consultation fatigue, but if you can muster the energy, please give it a go! Sam Translates is NOT anything official, just my personal interpretation and understanding and sometimes a bit of analysis and criticism of what the NDIS is telling us in their official channels. It's often a bit cheeky, but sometimes that humour is a way to break down the government bureaucrawaffle and get to the nub of things. The NDIS is looking for a bunch of people with disability and family carers to join various working groups, answer surveys etc etc. The form at the link above is not accessible to people with low literacy or cognitive support needs, so I’ve made an Easy English version to encourage people to sign up easily, which you can find right here! https://www.thegrowingspace.com.au/ndis-are-reaching-out/ Please join up and/or encourage people you know who use the scheme to join and help make it better. Only our voices can change this we need lots of them. The official info is here: https://www.ndis.gov.au//4993-participant-first-help-shape