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Every day more and more children in South Africa are born with Autism.



Cullen was born 15 September 2006...



Children with Autism dont show emotion, dont make eye contact, dont play, dont interact, often have problems with Speech and fine motor control...



Cullen continues to challenge himself and conquer all of this...



The Challenge - SPEECH and FINE MOTOR CO-ORDINATION, MORE PLAY, MORE INTERACTION...







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Friday, 14 October 2011

Latches, Locks and Devices ...OH SO "OUR" Normal

Ok so some feedback...ladybug is on the mend...
She has 2 small incisions and today danced, rode her bike and even had a little swim.
Nana our "sleep angel" is having a much deserved TIME OUT in Cape Town...
and
Tomorrow I am being either REALLY BRAVE or REALLY STUPID and taking both Horsie and Ladybug to the Bryanston organic market to buy some smart bread for our boy. (we have run out - and boy is that an issue.)

But for tonight's topic...
Latches,locks and security devices.
Just yesterday whilst shopping at the best place known to womankind - WEST RAND PLASTICS
I came across an ingenious little device
A fridge lock...
Excited?!!!
Well for those of you who frequent our little "crazy" home
You will know that we lock our fridge, our pantry, our cleaning substances cupboard (the naughty cupboard as ladybug calls it),our bathroom, our bedroom, and we triple secure our swimming pool. (Net, fence and coded bicycle chain).

Horsie has this habit of getting into precisely everything he shouldn't!
So the fridge...well that is HEAVEN in an ice bucket for Horsie...all the good and BAD stuff is kept there - and HE KNOWS IT!!!!
 So we have to lock it to ensure that there is control over what he takes out to digest..he is on the GFCFGF diet (and now an Elimination diet from Hannah Kaye - jeez that sounds offish! ). He is literally eliminating bad stuff for his body...

Anyway my point is...I got so excited when I saw this lock for the fridge because it does NOT involve finding a key (which is not actually the original key to the fridge because Ladybug loves keys and hid it away) twisting the lock (because its a wee bit damaged from all the locking and unlocking) - No
This lock is so easy, you just hook and it clips closed, and unhook and open.
SIMPLE
EFFECTIVE

The next lock we need is for our pantry cupboard...the broken off key...is just NOT going to hold for very much longer.

And all this locking and unlocking is oh so "our" normal, we forget when we have friends over to tell them about the locking, and you should see their faces sometimes, almost FREAKED that the blady fridge won't open or that we lock our pantry (I mean "does one of us" have an eating disorder that we need to lock the food cupboard!) - NOT normal!

Our normal = not so normal
Wouldn't have it any other way...
For now that is...
he he he

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