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Tag Archives: Christmas

a very real fear this Christmas

Just received the weekly report that encompasses all of the week not just the immediate emergence of chronic cases. Today was another “off” day. David destroyed a bunch of recently created Christmas decorations that his peers had made.  Evidently he was upset. He did a number of other things, including trying to run away.  He destroyed some carpet in the lower level of the lodge, he unplugged a bunch of computers in his classroom.  He has been generally combative.  He broke into the refrigerator and stole a bunch of Pediasure.  Drank all of them.  He has threatened to kill staff.  There is so much more, that  I feel overwhelmed by the details of it all. To be fair to David, it seems that all of the peers in his unit or lodge are struggling right now.  Since all of the kids with him have an Autism diagnosis of some type,

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Tags: autism, Christmas, prtf ·

Christmas and its trappings.

Today we rearranged some furniture and put up our tree.  A rather small tree.  But a tree.  So our house is starting to feel rather festive. It seems different this year. Is it because two kids are in college? Is it because David is so far away? I don’t know. Maybe it is a combination of each of these things. Rather than focusing on the gifts this year, I think that we should all focus our energies on becoming better people. After all, Walmart hasn’t been around for 2014 years has it? Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: #liftloganup, Christmas, kindness ·

upcoming visit to see our son for Christmas

Today, I leave for the community where our son is in a residential facility. It is 500 miles each way.  10 hours by bus.  When you have an auto-immune illness the trip takes twice as long. Frequent breaks are needed.  Lots of rest periods.  If I drive, I take it in two days with a hotel stay each way. In the end, it will be worth it.  This is the eleventh month of him being in this particular facility.  Every time we talk he mentions that he wants to come home.  While I wish that I could be bringing him home this trip, in reality that isn’t going to happen.  While he has made significant gains, it isn’t enough.  When the time comes, we will need a step-down facility. A step-down facility is a transition between the current environment, and home.  An intermediate placement if you will.   If he

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Tags: autism, Christmas, Lupus, mental health, parenting, prtf, RAD, reactive attachment disorder, reality, travel ·

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