The Beauty of My Autism
When I was five, I remember dancing. For me, dancing was a primitive release, and I remember the liberation and the joy – the pure and intense joy – that […]
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The impact of parents doing Now & Next together
Now & Next- Family Resilience and Working as a Team Nicole Buffoni Before my son was diagnosed with ASD, my husband and I had always been an incredible team. Life,
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By Families, For Families: Now & Next Alumni Conference
In April of 2017 the peer facilitators and alumni of Now & Next convened a conference, entitled, ‘By Families, For Families’. Like Now and Next itself, the conference was the
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Parents as peer leaders
One goal of the Now and Next program is to identify potential peer leaders and to recruit and train them into the NANA Peer Facilitators team. This ‘leadership pipeline’ not
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Using songs to guide children through daily activities
There are some great messages about the joys of singing in old musicals. While you can’t burst into song for every situation (like the checkout queue or the car park!),
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Now & Next in a nutshell
Something exciting is unfolding in Sydney’s Inner West at an Early Intervention (EI) service provider, Plumtree. Over the past few years, a dedicated team of professionals and parents has been
