As the title suggests, I was wondering during how your kids on the spectrum deal with anxiety.  I'm taking Elliott, my 6 year old aspie to the doctors to make sure he doesn't have an ear infection. No shots or blood work will be involved but Elliott is having an anxiety attack anyway.  It's the simple idea of going to the doctor that sets Jim into an panic. I don't even tell him we're going until the last minute so he's doesn't have a lot of time to worry.  If I don't tell him where we are going than he will have trust issues with me and I certainly don't want that.  I don't know how to help him work through this. I've tried talking to him many times, even…

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After all the drama this morning, we discover that Elliott's ear has been bothering him. He was at the doctor last year, the last time his ear was bothering him.  Turned out, he had a massive ear infection and it took multiple rounds of antibiotics to address.  The scary thing was that his ear so bad the Doctor said he should have been agonizing.  However, Elliott never really complained. Hopefully, this isn't a repeat but we need to make sure.  This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know how to spell but auto-correct hates me.  ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.

I woke up this morning to Elliott screaming at Lizze and refusing to get ready for school. He's been doing this more and more often.  Nothing is going on at school, so that's not an issue. It's like anytime that we ask Elliott to do something that he doesn't want to, he completely freaks out. Sound like anyone else we know? I have no idea what to do aside from holding him accountable for choices.  The big triggers are asking him to get dressed or undressed.  We want him to change out of his school clothes after school and he refuses.. Ya know, as a parent raising 3 boys with special needs, it's very tough for me to know where "normal kid behaviors"  fit into any of this.  Is this…

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Elliott's first day back to school was pretty good.  He was sick for most of last week but was feeling well enough to return to school this morning.  I wasn't sure how things were going to go because Elliott doesn't always like change.  However, he had a great day and my concerns were relieved when he came out of the building with a big smile on his face.  :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know how to spell but auto-correct hates me.  ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.