The kids are driving me CRAZY. Well,  Elliott and Emmett are driving me CRAZY. Gavin is actually having a good day.  I would be pulling out my hair, if only I had hair to pull out.  So I guess it's good that I don't. Gavin has always been a challenge but lately he's been doing quite well. He hasn't been self-injuring since his last stay at Akron Children's Hospital towards the end of June.  Elliott has been acting up alot lately.  He's very whiny and emotional.  He worries about everything and is also starting to present with OCD behavior, like repeated hand washing.  I think that the hand washing is actually staring to resolve itself but he is definitely stressed out and not coping well with life right now. Emmett…

Elliott is going through a pretty rough time.  He is quite upset that he isn't going back to his old school.  In the typical Elliott fashion,  he wants to understand why he's not going back and I don't really know what to tell him.  All I have done so far is play up all the positives about this change. The truth is however,  that no matter how high functioning he is,  kids in the spectrum often times struggle with change.  Their is a feeling of safety and security in routine or predictability.  When that feeling of safety or security is taken away,  it's like they are thrust into chaos.  Every ASD kid is different but many of the traits follow this same pattern,  even if to a different degree. Right…

We found Soy yogurt today at the grocery store. I've seen it before but no one ever carried it.  One of the things Emmett misses the most is yogurt.  Emmett is allergic to milk,  lactose and egg so yogurt was lost to him a while ago.  Now he can enjoy his yogurt once again.  This brought a smile to his face and that is priceless. - Lost and Tired Post by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

We delivered the first Android4Autism device today to the McKay family.  This was an amazing experience and will be something I will personally never forget.  Kiersten already loves the device and had the most amazing smile when she saw it played movies.  Her parents are both amazing people and very excited to start using it with her. They will be keeping us updated as time goes on.  What a great beginning :-) - Lost and Tired Post by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

Emmett had great time today. Everything worked out well and he's looking forward to going back. He's only there for about 2 hours but I think for him, it's 2 hours well spent. The other boys don't start back until September 6, 2011. We are getting closer and closer to actually have 2 hours a day of down time :-) Great job Emmett, we are so very proud of you.

The following is a guest post by Jeff Stimpson. I'm very excited that Jeff his sharing this post here on Lost and Tired.  Jeff Stimpson is a native of Bangor, Maine, and lives in New York with his wife Jill and two sons. He is the author of Alex: The Fathering of a Preemie and Alex the Boy: Episodes From a Family’s Life With Autism (both available on Amazon). He maintains a blog about his family at jeffslife.tripod.com/alextheboy, and is a frequent contributor to various sites and publications on special-needs parenting, such as Autism-Asperger’s Digest, Autism Spectrum News, Fatherville.com, and The Autism Society news blog.   The High Cost of Bolting My son Alex (13, PDD-NOS) wasn’t supposed to come home on the school bus at 4:30 on Friday afternoon. He…

Emmett is off to his very first day of preschool.  He was so excited about going to school that he was up at 5am this morning ready to go. The teachers and staff seem really cool and that makes us feel loads better about him being in Canton City Schools.  So today is the first day (hopefully) of good things to come,  for Mr.  Emmett John...... - Lost and Tired Post by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

Gavin has started on Flovent HFA today.  He uses this inhaler twice a day along with the spacer to help prevent asthma related problems.  He does pretty good with this but struggles a bit with the timing aspect of it.  However,  we will just keep plugging away and I'm confident he will get this down in no time at all. - Lost and Tired Post by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)