Elliott was an emotional wreck once again tonight. The poor guy is so stressed out and there doesn't seem to be anything I can do to provide any long term relief. At this point it's all I can do not put out the individual fires. It's not very effective or efficient but it's all I can do right now. Do any of you know what that's like? Never really being able to address the root of the problem because you're too busy putting out individual fires? However, he feel asleep tonight and so far, is still asleep.  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…

I'm officially back into the school year again.  I picked up the boys from school and let Lizze try to rest for a little while.. Emmett and I were both excited to see them walking out to the van.  Both boys had a good day and Gavin said his was free from chest pain,  nausea and falling asleep. That's a great start to the year.  Elliott was quite upset as we were driving home.  Apparently, on of his new friends kept touching him.  He was also told to be quiet by this new friend as well.  At least this is normal 1st grade stuff.  I like that.  Normal is such a foreign word to me,  but I like it :-) This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s…

What was supposed to be a simple follow up with immunology for Emmett was anything but. Because Emmett is still having the cycles hitting every couple of weeks his doctor is now looking down another,  incredibly rare path.  I don't fully understand what we were told this morning but we are expecting a follow up call from her when the results come in. She said that she thinks me might have something called Natural Killer Cells. Again,  I'm probably butchering this explanation but I'm doing my best.  Basically,  Emmett's Natural Killer Cells aren't working properly.  She thinks that the mouth sores may actually be Herpes and because his NK Cells are working too slow, he's having regular outbreaks.  It becomes an endless cycle. If the lab work confirms this,  he…

How does your child with #Autism handle anticipation? For example,  do they stress out while waiting for something to happen, even if it's something positive they are waiting for? In my experience,  this happens when my kids are promised something that either never happens or is delayed.  Anticipation causes a great deal of anxiety in my kids and leads to this like meltdowns, sleepless nights and stress. This is why we never tell them that something is or isn't going to happen,  until we know for sure. I'm sure that this may be different for everyone and that's why I'm posing the question above. How does your child with #Autism handle anticipation? This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I…