tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560607747499642804.post3480611514791195041..comments2023-06-10T20:21:47.408+10:00Comments on Rollercoaster Parenting: ShakespeareHeike Fabighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856001856348587649noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560607747499642804.post-64345126045537510322008-11-12T09:58:00.000+11:002008-11-12T09:58:00.000+11:00Oh wow, I go past there several times a week... a ...Oh wow, I go past there several times a week... a very cool place to be born!<BR/><BR/>My gross motor control is generally pretty good (for a spaz!) but it definitely all falls apart if something more interesting has captured my attention... an occupationally hazard, I reckon...Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255575000862197175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560607747499642804.post-11455654832421660552008-11-11T20:17:00.000+11:002008-11-11T20:17:00.000+11:00Now Kaite,this is interesting. Hubby and i were wo...Now Kaite,this is interesting. Hubby and i were wondering if the adrenaline has an effect on spasticity - a google search did not fully answer my question, but it seems possible. Adrenaline increases tremors, as we all know, we start shaking, and can influence tone. I think you're on to something here! I guess we will persevere and by getting on stage more and more, he will be less nervous, and things will get better. Beaver speaks quite nasally, but on stage, his voice is crystal clear. He only started speaking after he mastered independent walking (about a month after we packed his Kaye walker away). I have always said he can't do speech and gross motor at the same time! It is so interesting to hear your similar reactions! Thanks for posting those comments. ANd by the way, I love your blog, very individual. We live in Sydney now, but Beaver was born in Gloucester Road, Brighton (just down from the mosaic junction with Sydney Street).Heike Fabighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856001856348587649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560607747499642804.post-70170958247169910772008-11-11T03:27:00.000+11:002008-11-11T03:27:00.000+11:00I get more wobbly than usual when I'm performing. ...I get more wobbly than usual when I'm performing. I sometimes give readings of my short stories. It's difficult to explain what happens, a combination of nerves and adrenalin, I think. I stiffen and one of my legs in particular starts shaking, at the knee. <BR/><BR/>(I have spastic CP and am a wobbly walker, usually use a stick in unfamiliar locations but that's quite a recent addition, when I was a kid I wobbled unaided in quite a similar way to Beaver, I'm guessing.) <BR/><BR/>One weird thing is that my speech seems to become less CP-affected - I usually have a lisp, not so much when I'm reading. I have wondered if I am concentrating so much on making sure my speech is clear that the rest of my body goes to town a bit! <BR/><BR/>I usually have a lectern to hang onto so no one else notices. I wonder if they can come up with an equivalent in drama class? With me, I don't get nervous anymore because I'm pretty experienced and it still happens. I can sometimes settle it with a pre-match glass of wine, but I'd not recommend that for Beaver!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255575000862197175noreply@blogger.com