Contented Comfort Designs

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Contented Comfort Designs Today's fast-paced, noisy world can be far from comfortable for anyone, and it is often downright overwhelming for those with sensory processing issues. While there are far more options for stim aids and sensory toys available today, our family kept finding ourselves underwhelmed by the functionalit...

Aside from being a place to find sensory-friendly items, we want to be a source of resources to promote neurodiversity and disability understanding and acceptance. Today's post regarding autistic burnout is the first in a series of articles on topics impacting those within the neurodiverse community.

Autistic Burnout: What Is It, and How Do You Recover? Work burnout and autistic burnout are similar on several points, but there is a significant difference in the specific causes and some symptoms. Both stem from chronic stress and result in physical and psychological symptoms. Left unresolved, both kinds o

2020 might have spelled the end for Contented Comfort, but that doesn't mean it cannot be reborn better than ever. Rio and Hailey are joining me in rebuilding as Contented Comfort Designs, a local handmade business focused on creating everyday items and gifts to bring comfort and contentment to you and yours.

Watch this page for behind the scenes glimpses, product hints, and special sales, of remaining inventory and items we are clearing out of storage and our workspace to fund our relaunch coming in the new year.

What trouble could a bored engineering prodigy and a teenage linguistics ju**ie get into when you're trying to sneak through enemy territory?

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"The Draw" is today's . It takes us back to the Myth and Science universe a few months after the events of "Strange Neighbors." What happens when Sam and Eddie's babysitter finds herself drawn to the landlady's house?


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What if there was more to myth and legend than we knew?

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Today's gives us a snapshot of Ralic as a young man years before his fall from grace. You can find the rest of the story at https://www.abengland.com/blog/flash-fiction-friday-before-the-fall.

Hubris nearly destroyed us. Complacency will be our doom.

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Here's another for your Friday morning. This one's set about half an hour after "Running from Nightmares," but it can be ready as a stand alone. Find the rest of the story at https://www.abengland.com/blog/flash-fiction-friday-the-darkening-night.