A new journey begins….again

This coming week marks the beginning of a new journey for the Lost and Tired family.  Actually,  we will being two new journeys. Monday, Elliott will be making a visit to the pediatricians office to discuss anti-anxiety medications.  This is a really big deal because medication can help Elliott to regain some of his lost quality of life.  Later on in the week,  Lizze will make her first trip to the Cleveland Clinic,  rather the first trip for her and not Gavin. We will be meeting with an autonomic disorder specialist.  Hopefully,  we can get to the bottom of at least some of her health issues.  This will be the first of many appointments in many different departments. In the coming months we will see the headache clinic and rheumatology…

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Does your child with #Autism have other diagnoses?

#Autism alone can be challenging enough but what happens when your child has other diagnoses?  My kids have multiple diagnoses,  ranging from very minor to extremely serious.  These comorbidities can make it much more challenging because they can blur the lines between disorders and making it difficult to address the symptoms. Today's #Autism discussion is about multiple diagnoses and how they impact your child with.  Also,  how does it affect your ability to parent? Does your child with #Autism have additional diagnoses? If so,  what are they? Do those additional diagnoses, make things more challenging, and if so,  how? This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism…

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Fingers crossed

I'm about to take on an entire day, with all three boys, by myself. I've done this a few times before but not recently. Lizze is going to spend some time with her Mom this morning. It will be good for her to have a quiet afternoon, away from the chaos. I have no idea what we are going to do today. Maybe we will make it a movie kinda day. Maybe we'll go outside for a little while. I would like to get some work done today as I have another article due on Tuesday. Hopefully, everyone will cooperate and today will be fun for everyone.

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I’d be way more concerned

Today has been relatively mundane.  The boys were gone for a good part of the day. I got some writing done and even collected up each and every sock in the house so I could wash them. While they never actually made it into the wash,  they are all in a basket.  It's a start. I don't think we had any problems with Gavin today.  The same goes for the other two as well. Maybe we had to repeat ourselves a few times but nothing major. In the morning,  Lizze is going to hang out with her Mom.  I get the boys all to myself, for most of the day.  Lizze needs the time away and I'm hoping this helps.  Lizze is in a really bad place.  Her migraines are…

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Does this make me a bad parent

This is meant to help educate the people unfamiliar with the struggles of special needs parenting. I want to give an example of how I have dropped the ball and why it can happen. Like many other people, I very often find myself getting behind in a great many things. These things range from bills, housework, yard work and bills to emails, writing, more bills and a bit more housework. I get so stressed out over these things and no matter how hard I try,  I just can't keep my head above water. As a special needs family,  these things hit us really hard and because we are able to absorb fewer things than others, life can begin to spiral out of control. This is when I'm most likely to…

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Lost and Tired and CNN

For those that missed it, I wrote an article for CNN this past April. Since I have a ton of new readers, I thought I would share it again. I wrote this for #Autism Awareness month 2012. I really hope to continue doing things like this because it reaches such a large audience and #Autism awareness is spread.   Click the CNN logo below, to visit the article.  

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The break

All three of the boys are in rare form today. Fortunately, for Lizze and I,  they are all going to spend the day with her parents.  This will be a nice little break from the our otherwise chaotic existence.  :-) This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

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Do you recognize this?

Elliott drew and colored this picture while at school yesterday.  Do you recognize this famous character? This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

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