FRIIIIIDAAAY!

[adz]

TGIF!! :pint:

Got my brothers birthday on Saturday night and a bucket load of housework to do, other than that, I plan on trying to recharge the batteries this weekend...

So...What have you got planned

[CritAnime]

Oh hells yeah it's Friday. got some friends coming round and I am gonna have a gaming night I think. The missus is away at work so let the beer and gaming flow.

[Karlos]

Wow, this week flew by. Looking forward to some rest this weekend

[motorollin]

I'm helping out at an activity day for autistic kids tomorrow. Should be fun

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I'm helping out at an activity day for autistic kids tomorrow. Should be fun

And? How was it?

[whabang]

Friiiida..... ohwai...

On vacation ATM. Suddenly Fridays seem less important.

[motorollin]

And? How was it?

It was awesome! I narrowly escaped being consigned to the messy play area (shaving foam and cornflower in water - I can't bear those textures!)

I spent most of the day helping a load of the kids build a tower of blocks bigger than a guy in a Bob the Builder costume. Construction activities with children normally frustrate me because they don't do it right, but these kids built their tower in a nice regular pattern with matched colours

Oh, and we had cake for lunch

[Speelgoedmannetje]

It was awesome! I narrowly escaped being consigned to the messy play area (shaving foam and cornflower in water - I can't bear those textures!)

Cornflower texture, as in the scent? Though messy play areas and autistic kids, does that work?

I spent most of the day helping a load of the kids build a tower of blocks bigger than a guy in a Bob the Builder costume. Construction activities with children normally frustrate me because they don't do it right, but these kids built their tower in a nice regular pattern with matched colours

Ah, the 'clean of mind'

[motorollin]

Cornflower texture, as in the scent?

Oops, no I meant cornflour. Like this:
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I can't bear to touch it in it's liquid form.

Though messy play areas and autistic kids, does that work?

There always seem to be messy play areas available, but my experience so far has been that most autistic kids (and adults) don't like messy play due to sensory aversions. Those people who seek those particular sensations would no doubt enjoy it, but fortunately for me I haven't encountered any yet so I haven't had to join them :lol:

Ah, the 'clean of mind'

Or my own autistic tendencies perhaps

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Oops, no I meant cornflour.

Ah I suspected such but I'm never sure as I'm not a native English speaker

I can't bear to touch it in it's liquid form.

I can imagine.

There always seem to be messy play areas available, but my experience so far has been that most autistic kids (and adults) don't like messy play due to sensory aversions. Those people who seek those particular sensations would no doubt enjoy it, but fortunately for me I haven't encountered any yet so I haven't had to join them :lol:

I never liked it because it was chaos.

Or my own autistic tendencies perhaps

that's what I implied

[Karlos]

Oops, no I meant cornflour. Like this

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I can't bear to touch it in it's liquid form.

So, is it just cornflower suspended in water that you can't bear or is it all Non-Newtonian fluids?

[motorollin]

I never liked it because it was chaos.

You have to get used to chaos when you work with kids But ISTR disliking chaotic play when I was their age.

that's what I implied

Hey, I identify with my 'tendencies' I have multiple sensory aversions (there are certain parts of my body I just cannot be touched [backs of hands for example, where it feels like my skin is being pulled off], lots of textures I can't touch [e.g. velvet and brushes], and I'm quite sensitive to certain frequencies of sound [e.g. engine noises, which feel like the are coming from inside me and make me panic]), and lots of things about social interaction which I understand in principle but really don't "get" and are quite disturbing or tiresome to me.

I think that's why I identify so strongly with the autistic/aspie kids I work with, though I don't claim to struggle to the same extent that they do on a daily basis.

[motorollin]

So, is it just cornflower suspended in water that you can't bear or is it all Non-Newtonian fluids?

I think it's something to do with the gritty texture of the cornflour, and the mixed texture of the grit in the water.

[adz]

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Just following tradition...Have a great weekend all :pint:

[odin]

Time for some beer and car DIYing.

[adz]

Time for some beer and car DIYing.

Might I suggest you attempt the latter first