Category Archives: Autism

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stealing from school

Just got a phone call from the school that David goes to.  Evidently he got caught stealing an electronic dictionary from the school.  They are going to give him consequences.

Um yeah.  Consequences.  These are the ones that don’t work…

  1. apologize.
  2. time out.
  3. write down what you did and why.
  4. no more access to the device.
  5. loss of privileges.
  6. loss of recess activities.
  7. restriction.
  8. pat down searches.

Very few discipline methods that they could give would be effective.

In other news, the teacher informed me that David had been “glorifying” the concept that he could steal anything from anybody and get away with it. So they are giving him a time out and just wanted me to be aware of the situation.

“Oh and by the way, did you know that David was evidently taking an mp3 player to school?” they asked.

“yeah we know about that.  no, he didn’t have permission.” I replied.

Do they not read the documentation that was provided regarding David being a kleptomaniac?  I mean seriously… one of the things that triggers his stealing is electronic devices.

In other news, David’s admission to placement is in limbo because they didn’t finish all of the paperwork.

They called me this morning and asked me about dates of hospitalization.  Evidently they didn’t want to read through his medical records to get that information.

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hypervigilance is starting to wear me out

This constant state of awareness is starting to wear me down.

Having to always be on, and aware of David’s position/location in the house is wearing on everyone.

Front & Side view of a Polydactyl Cat - front paws

Front & Side view of a Polydactyl Cat – front paws (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

tonight I caught him hiding a couple of combination padlocks in the couch.  He claimed to have found them on the floor.  He said that Cinnamon  must have put them there.

Cinnamon is our 18 month old cat.  She doesn’t have opposable thumbs…

moving forward, it is time for the night watch.  I think that I will try to do some web development stuff tonight.  The hard part is keeping quiet and still being able to both stay awake, and keep an ear/eye out for David.

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Sherlock Father and the Case of the Missing Gadget

Well, he came home.

Had him take off his pants, in the process he had to kneel down and untie his shoes.  David thought that he would be clever with a little slight of hand.  I saw him move something on the floor.

After he stood up, I patted down his socks, and the back of his underwear.  He had to pull the front away and let it snap back so I could know that there was nothing in there that shouldn’t be.

Then I had him change his shirt.

After that, he was directed to sit on the couch.  So I went through the pile of stuff on the floor.  Low and behold, like magic the iPod was there.

Now, it could be argued that we had placed the iPod there with the thought that we could accuse him of taking something.  David has made that argument before.  However in this case, he was caught cold, and knows it.

Big sister had her iPod stolen three or four times in the last week.  And it isn’t a matter of security, we have everything behind a keyed entry lock doors for each of the older kids.  The only section of the house that David is allowed into is the main floor, an area that encompasses two bedrooms, the kitchen, dining room, living room and bathroom.  Yet, he always manages to get into those areas that are off limits.  He has consistently stolen keys from dad, evidently tried them all in the hopes of getting into those bedrooms.  We have found four keys from different lock vendors that work in these doors, thanks to David.  Persistent little guy isn’t he.

I can’t blame the stealing on the autism.  He knows what he is doing is wrong.