Holy crap.  Elliott is in a really, really bad place today. At the moment, he's like a really old stick of dynamite.  The slightest breeze will set him off.  My heart is breaking for him but at the very same time, he's driving me up a wall. It's really a confusing mix of emotions. Right now Elliott is devastated because his Game Cube died, that's right, you heard me, Game Cube. He's obsessed with the Game Cube, it's one of his aspergers traits.  He sorta gets really tunnel visioned on the Game Cube and is very emotionally invested in it.  Among his most favorite games in the world, Super Monkey Ball ranks very, very high on the list. Unfortunately, his game won't play anymore and his Game Cube just died. …

Elliott began his anti-depression medication today.  The medication he is on is called Remeron. This is a medication that until now, I've never heard of.  I was a bit uncomfortable with this because of how little we knew about it. However, after meeting with his psychiatrist, Dr. Reynolds, it's really the only option we have and by far the safest.  We also met with his pediatrician at Akron Children's Hospital as well.  He agreed that this was the best option we had and because Elliott's depression is so bad, we really needed to get this started.  Elliott is very capable of taking pills.  However, he doesn't like taking medicine at all.  In fact, simply asking him to do so led to a meltdown/panic attack and a flat out refusal to…

I had the amazing opportunity to review a few products by Enjoy Life.  Enjoy Life foods provides a variety of healthy, allergy free foods. As most of my readers are familiar with, Elliott is by far, my pickiest eaters.  Not only does he deal with aspergers and a host of sensory related issues but he has also been diagnosed with a tree nut allergy. Suffice it to say, getting him to eat anything, can be a real struggle. When I was approached with this opportunity, I jumped on it.  I figured that Elliott might get a kick out of helping me test and review these products, and maybe, just maybe, he'll find something that he really likes. I'll be completely honest with you, I wasn't holding my breath. Having said…

As with any child with #Autism or any child period, for that matter,  Emmett had a pretty up and down day. There were periods of time where all he did was scream and scream some more. There were other times that he was exceptionally happy and enjoying the moment we were in.  That's pretty much par for the course, as far as Emmett's concerned lately.  This morning he was really tired but refused to go upstairs and take a nap. So Lizze laid down for a little while and I set up Emmett on the couch and put on Spiderman Unlimited, his current favorite show on Netflix. He didn't even make it through the opening theme song before he was out.  He went from screaming and meltdowns to peacefully asleep,…