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>Respite Care

>We talked to the doc at length today and he talked about respite care. We were denied respite care last fall because we haven’t spent enough medicaid dollars. In order to qualify we have to spend more than 15,000 dollars in medicaid dollars. Since we are trying to keep M at home as much as possible, we don’t spend the medicaid dollars. Doc thinks that we may qualify this year. So keeping our fingers crossed. Also hoping to hear about our application for SSI. Since this is our first application I expect to get denied. Tweet #fighting4answrs

>Sleep time

>M apologized to someone in his sleep. 🙂 He and I sleep in the same room. So that we can keep track of what he is doing. So I wake up when he moves around, most of the time. Such a sweet heart. Wish that this part of him could take over the awake part of his life. Ah well, he wouldn’t be the little boy we love without those day time qualities no matter how frustrating they can be. I can hear T giggling at something on his tv. T if I haven’t said, has Autism. He is high functioning, but lacks social skills, and filters. He is my mini-me. We spent the day together, and he slept for about half of it, while we were in the car. (fell asleep reading a book about the Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, which I know he has read at

>theft from the dr.

>M got caught three separate times trying to steal toys from his psychiatrist. Psychiatrist told him that if he didn’t stop eventually he would get put in a jail. And that he could get sent there as early as age 11. He also spoke at length about M’s meds, his behaviors, and anti-social personality disorder. He can’t diagnose an antisocial personality disorder until the age of 18, but agrees that all of the signs are there for that eventual diagnosis. The doctor also told us that at some point, M will need to be institutionalized to protect him from himself, and to protect other people from M’s behaviors. We have been told that before. At the age of 9, it is too early to be looking at long term placement. Our goal has always been to do what is best for M. At this point, we are doing everything we