Natasha Mileusnic
"Retained primitive reflexes" can have a big impact on learning and development
When my son Luke was doing occupational therapy for visual-motor coordination (a weakness we’d uncovered in testing for learning...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Sep 15, 20231 min read
Books on Neurodiversity (plus 1 Fabulous Book on Literacy)
I’ve found these to be valuable resources — interesting and helpful to varying degrees. Keep in mind I’m not a medical doctor, educator,...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Our vision message
Ever since we found out about our son's vision, I've been spamming neuropsychologists, educational therapists, literacy experts,...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Apr 28, 20235 min read
Medium Post: 6 Tips for Parents
As essay I posted on Medium (it's similar to the previous one on this site but better, with links). As a new parent, I thought I was on...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Mar 7, 20235 min read
A parenting essay: The widespread “learning disability” you’ve never heard of
Readers and bots, apologies for letting this site grow cold! When I launched the blog I was all excited about writing my first novel. I...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Sep 20, 20211 min read
More great books
So much free time lately to read books! Almost all of these were winners, IMHO. Here is a previous list, from my very first blog post....
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Natasha Mileusnic
Sep 6, 20213 min read
My short story UNDO
UNDO was first published in 2019 by The Esthetic Apostle, which seems to have disappeared, so here it is. UNDO I didn’t know then about...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Mar 5, 20212 min read
#PitMad #WhatWasThat
I participated in my first Twitter pitch contest yesterday. You pitch your book in 280 characters, add hashtags, shake, throw salt over...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Feb 17, 20212 min read
What I've learned writing my first novel
I wrote a novel. It's not done done, but I have a solid fifth or sixth draft. What is done, really? Don't let the perfect be the enemy of...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Jan 18, 20214 min read
Where are they now? My successful Moscow colleagues inspire me
From 1993 to 1997 I lived in Moscow, taking a break in the middle to go backpacking in South Asia. I was a reporter at The Moscow Tribune...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Jan 15, 20212 min read
My favorite writing pods
How did we fill the in-between times before podcasts? I listen to a lot of them, especially pods on writing. I like the ones where hosts...
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Natasha Mileusnic
Jan 12, 20211 min read
One good thing about 2020: these books
I read a lot of books last year, some for novel research, some for pleasure. A happy number achieved both. Here's a selection, in random...
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