Comments on: Groundhog Day http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/ A view of autism from along the spectrum Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:51:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Shawn http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-57 Shawn Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:51:23 +0000 http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-57 Thanks all for the added insight and encouragement! The incremental changes that Bill Murray made every day are indeed very powerful. It can be easy to get discouraged over the limited impact we can have during a day. If instead we look at the cumulative impact that each day can have over a period of weeks, or months, the potential is huge. I think I need to go buy the movie now. It's always been a favorite. Thanks all for the added insight and encouragement!

The incremental changes that Bill Murray made every day are indeed very powerful. It can be easy to get discouraged over the limited impact we can have during a day. If instead we look at the cumulative impact that each day can have over a period of weeks, or months, the potential is huge.

I think I need to go buy the movie now. It’s always been a favorite.

]]> By: SquareGirl http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-56 SquareGirl Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:19:47 +0000 http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-56 This is one of my favorite movies for the very reason that mom-nos explained. This is one of my favorite movies for the very reason that mom-nos explained.

]]> By: Estee http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-55 Estee Sun, 05 Feb 2006 15:21:38 +0000 http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-55 I love the way you are "looking" at his behaviours differently. Estee I love the way you are “looking” at his behaviours differently.

Estee

]]> By: mom-nos http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-54 mom-nos Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:21:08 +0000 http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-54 What a fantastic analogy. The "Groundhog Day" phenomenon with autism is even more challenging when you consider that so many of our kids crave routine and predictability so much that they would LOVE to know that each day would be just like the last; it often seems like we are working to break the very same cycles that they are working to preserve. It also strikes me that one very important concept in Groundhog Day was that, though Bill Murray woke each day to find himself back where he started, he remembered what had come before, he learned from it, he adapted his approach, he made new mistakes - so, really and truly, though it seemed as though he was back where he started, he was actually in a different place every single time. Sounds familiar, don't you think? What a fantastic analogy. The “Groundhog Day” phenomenon with autism is even more challenging when you consider that so many of our kids crave routine and predictability so much that they would LOVE to know that each day would be just like the last; it often seems like we are working to break the very same cycles that they are working to preserve. It also strikes me that one very important concept in Groundhog Day was that, though Bill Murray woke each day to find himself back where he started, he remembered what had come before, he learned from it, he adapted his approach, he made new mistakes - so, really and truly, though it seemed as though he was back where he started, he was actually in a different place every single time. Sounds familiar, don’t you think?

]]> By: KChew http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-53 KChew Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:15:41 +0000 http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2006/02/groundhog-day/#comment-53 Good going, "AmBA," with the outbursts---I've read a lot of books in bits and pieces while keeping a behavior watch on Charlie. And Groundhog Day (Bill Murray's) is a perfect metaphor for many of our days here----trying to change, wanting to change, repeating the cycle. Good going, “AmBA,” with the outbursts—I’ve read a lot of books in bits and pieces while keeping a behavior watch on Charlie. And Groundhog Day (Bill Murray’s) is a perfect metaphor for many of our days here—-trying to change, wanting to change, repeating the cycle.

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