"Learning to drive is sort of a right of passage for teenagers. It's somewhat of a defining moment that most teens simply can't wait to experience. That said, what happens when your teenager is on the Autism Spectrum?"
We will be spending the day getting ready for the film crews arrival next week
After discussing at length, with Dr. Pattie about our concerns that there might be more going on than we are currently aware of with Elliott, a course of action has been decided. We went through this enormous checklist of what Bipolar Disorder looks like in kids and while he didn't meet every single item, he met more than he missed. Again, this doesn't mean anything for sure but it does raise more concern that this could be what we're looking at. The plan at this point is to have him evaluated at the end of August, when he has a followup appointment with Dr.Reynolds, his psychiatrist. It's been about 10 years since we've been through this process with Gavin, so I'm unsure of what to expect this time…
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Routine is essential to all living things and I'm certainly can disagree.
We all have them. It's those moments where we just can't seem to catch a break and the really do suck.
I felt like I was going to die yesterday. I'm pretty sure it was just a bad case of food poisoning...
"..........aside from the death threats he's been receiving from Eggman lately and a bit more paranoia than I'm comfortable with, these have been relatively benign."