special needs and toilet training
السلام عليكم One of the most traumatic, difficult aspects of Dhuha’s condition for both ourselves and her is matters relating to toileting. For sake of her own privacy no details will be mentioned apart from that we have had to deal with the worst due to her inability to understand the natural concept of [...]
Get ready for Summer
as salaam alaykum The school holidays are here and seeing as every weekend is really difficult to deal with challenging behaviour and confusion, we got about 6 weeks to survive so we need to get ready with strategies and activities to keep the children happy, safe and stimulated through Ramadaan and their time at home. [...]
~ Ramadaan preps ~
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) says, “Ramadaan has come to you. (It is) a month of blessing, in which Allah covers you with blessing, for He sends down Mercy, decreases sins and answers prayers. In it, Allah looks at your competition (in good deeds), and boasts about you [...]
Amazing Autistic Brother
This is a video of an autistic muslim boy who is not only haafidh but is able to read from any place in the Qur’an by just hearing the first few words of the verse, and he instantly knows what the verse number is and also which chapter it is in! subhanAllah
Really sad nasheed [with translation] about Autism
It really touched me, and I didn’t get over it emotionally until after a few hours. Autism affects our ummah… and this is the first time i saw it addressed in this way, with a nasheed about hope. Nobody in our community supports us, even in the smallest way, whether by educating [...]
time is of the essence
السلام عليكم So we got the fish-tank, décor, everything apart from the fish. We bought a large tank, since its for Dhuha’s development, a tropical tank 50cmx80cm where you can hear the water and its really beautiful, especially with lights and everything. We also wanted something large for the fish to feel free, and not [...]
sad.
Life has become so mundane. I’m so… unsatisfied. I have been ill the past week, and have not done any voluntary work. I haven’t done any work for my portfolio. I hardly go anywhere. I hardly do anything. I feel bored. Lonely. Depressed. Full of regrets. I feel frustrated, more than anything. I want to go [...]
subhanAllah…
السلام عليكم We named Dhuha after a chapter in the Qur’an, Surah 93 ad-Dhuha… Reading the tafsir of the Surah, the first few ayat in particular for me, is touching: وَالضُّحَى By the glorious morning light وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى and by the night when it is still مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى Your Lord has [...]
Br. Hassan, standing in for the speech therapist
السلام عليكم Alpana is Dhuha’s speech therapist. But we have only actually seen her a few times, because of how busy everyone is. Instead we were visited by a very pleasant, gentle, elderly brother with a long white beard named Hassan… who is actually a bilingual co-ordinator, but stands in for Alpana sometimes. Alhamdulillah it [...]
Speech
السلام عليكم Sabah has become such a cheeky monkey. Today she was trying to talk her father into letting her stay at my parents house for one more night [the ever increasing 'holidays'] and her dad told her he’ll think about it. “No daddy, don’t think !” and she just smirks away. In the background [...]
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