Fearless Folks … autism and beyond …

Nick is in Best Buddies and really doesn’t like it.  He’s also in Anime class twice a month after school as a fun thing to do, but he looks to get out of it every time he has a class.  I think it could be his anxiety issues and his fear of social situations, but [...]

You know that saying for our autistic kids: one step forward, two steps back. Well that was pretty much Nick’s life this past month. His school had a lock-down drill (kinda like a fire drill, but scarier). Nick came home in a sort of shell-shocked state. I asked him what was wrong, but he didn’t give me [...]

It’s Nick’s first day of high school tomorrow.  And since he’s too busy chanting, “Summer never ends, school never starts….” I don’t think he’s fully accepted it yet!!
 
Me:  “Hey Nick, the bus just called, they will pick you up at 6:20.  Um, that’s a.m. by the way…”
 
Nick:  “Summer never ends, school never starts.”
 
Me:  “Your new [...]

… to Normal!!  Nick has recovered from his relentless stimming and chanting. So it had to be a side effect of taking 100 ml of Luvox.  Since a few days ago I had reduced his meds back to 50 mls and by Monday he was doing better and by Tuesday and when I brought him [...]

This morning the sun was shining, the weather breezy and comfortable—a perfect summer day. I got a few phone calls from family members asking about Nick and trying to figure out the issue of his anxiety or his repeating words over and over (stimming, chanting, or whatever I should call it):  it’s summertime over and over. It hasn’t [...]

life has changed drastically since a couple of days ago and my last post.  Nick has become almost a different person, totally dependent on his anxiety.  He now cannot help himself, his brain wants him to say summer, summer, summer, summer, summer, summer, over and over and when he holds back and fights the urge, he [...]

Nick has been talking to himself more regularly than ever before. He will be all alone in the family room and start chanting the same thing over and over like, “No school, it’s summertime, it’s summertime, no school, it’s summertime, it’s summertime ….” over and over again, and I’ve also noticed him doing this form [...]

Nick didn’t go to school yesterday. Actually, lately, I feel like it is all I can do to get him to go to school. The reason why I gave him the day off, or let me rephrase that, let him stay home, was because he had a field trip. I clench my teeth at this [...]