{"id":6057,"date":"2026-06-04T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interacting.nl\/column-saskia-maas\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:15:16","slug":"column-saskia-maas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/interacting.nl\/en\/column-saskia-maas\/","title":{"rendered":"Column Saskia Maas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Within improvisational theater, &#8220;yes, and&#8221; is the basic rule: you accept what is, and you build on it. For parents and caregivers of an autistic child, that sometimes feels easier said than done. In this column, Saskia shares moments from practice &#8211; small and large &#8211; about letting go, moving with it, and what then suddenly turns out to be possible.  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-e595384b wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6061 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-column\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-04822461 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1c3c254a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;min-height:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:160px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/interacting.nl\/en\/column\/raising-a-child-with-autism-is-like-mountain-climbing-remember-to-enjoy-the-view\/\" target=\"_self\" >Raising a child with autism is like mountain climbing: remember to enjoy the view.<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/interacting.nl\/en\/column\/raising-a-child-with-autism-is-like-mountain-climbing-remember-to-enjoy-the-view\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/interacting.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-05-at-12.18.35.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Raising a child with autism is like mountain climbing: remember to enjoy the view.\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interacting.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-05-at-12.18.35.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/interacting.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-05-at-12.18.35-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/interacting.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-05-at-12.18.35-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/interacting.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-05-at-12.18.35-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Years ago, when I learned that my youngest son Aidan has autism, I &#8211; like so many of my generation &#8211; immediately thought of Rain Man, the famous Hollywood classic from the 1980s in which Dustin Hoffman plays an autistic man who, although genius at mental arithmetic, is at the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/interacting.nl\/en\/column\/raising-a-child-with-autism-is-like-mountain-climbing-remember-to-enjoy-the-view\/\" target=\"_self\">Continue reading &gt;&gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Raising a child with autism is like mountain climbing: remember to enjoy the view.<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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