Check out the video. It was a really good turn out. More pictures to come. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hr0XXAIzsM&feature=youtube_gdata_player This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me
By the time you are reading this post, we will be well on our way to help raise money for the Autism Society of Greater Akron. Lost and Tired is supporting the Lace it. Race it. Face it. 5k walk/run for the Autism Society of Greater Akron. I don't typically align myself with larger Autism organizations but the Autism Society of Greater Akron is an amazing organization that does even more amazing work for our Autism Families in the Greater Akron area. Yesterday, Lizze and I made a run to Akron in order to pick up our stuff and register a few new team members. I met with the Director of the Autism Society of Greater Akron. We've spoken before but hadn't met in person. We are big fans or…
We took the boys to the playground yesterday and they had a blast. We stayed for about 30 minutes before heading home. Everyone did great job listening and it was a fun way to get some wiggles out. I enjoyed watching the boys running around. Something else that playgrounds are good for are sensory input. Lot's of running, crashing, jumping and being kids. All the climbing builds strength and trying new things builds experience and confidence. We love the playground and our goal for this summer is to visit one, several days a week.
OMG....... That's about the only way to sum up Gavin today. He is all over the place and extremely manic. Obviously the meds aren't working yet. It'll take a little while for them to take effect, that is if they're even going to. If I were to describe Gavin being manic, I would say that he's scattered. By that I mean while talking, he's bouncing from one subject to the next. It's like one giant, never ending run on sentence. It only makes sense to him because his thoughts are so scattered. He also talk a mile a minute and is very, very difficult to understand. As far as physically goes, he's walking into things, tripping over his own feet and possesses even less impulse control than usual. He can…
I wanted to take a second and update all of you on the current status of our CPS investigation. So far, we have been interviewed and we have signed releases to allow our medical teams to speak with CPS. If you recall, the allegation lodged against us stated that we didn't take our kids to the doctors. I never got the impression that the investigators actually believed the allegations to be true. Our interview went really well and it's pretty obvious that we take our kids to the doctors. As our interview was coming to an end, the main investigator said that I would hear from her this week. That hasn't happened. To be honest, that makes me nervous and it's making Lizze physically ill from worry. Rationally I know…
We were on the topic of food allergies yesterday and so I thought that maybe this would help provide some insight into at least some of the precautions we must take. The image below is the letter written by Dr. Wasserbauer, DO, of Akron Children's Hospital. It's in regards to Elliott's treenut allergy. This provides information on how to keep Elliott safe from his life threatening food allergy. It also details what to do in the event of anaphylaxis. I blurred out personal information. This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me
This is a really Informative video on kids and allergies. Dr. Wasserbauer, DO, is actually our kids immunologist. She's responsible for how well Gavin's doing immunologically (is that even a word?). This is a great video to learn some of the basics about allergies and it also talks about some common misconceptions as well. Akron Children's Hospital puts out these videos to help provide parents with accurate and accessible information. Give it a look and then share it with your friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpMDCHoj3tQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me
I wanted to update you as to how Gavin's been doing since moving back home a few weeks ago. In short, overall he's doing pretty well. We've had a few tantrums but nothing we couldn't handle. One of the biggest issue we are facing I think at this point is Gavin’s lack of maturity. I know that sounds like a dig on him but that's not what I mean. Gavin's 13 years old on the outside but only about 3 or 4 on the inside. This essentially makes him a 5'4",130lb toddler. It's very challenging to keep him from hurting himself or someone else, even unintentionally. He's not very self aware and so he doesn't recognize how easily he can hurt someone. One of the other problems and a big…