I started this post long before the day took a turn for the worse.  At this point, I'm hanging on by a thread. Having said that,  I'm surviving. I'm gonna be really, really honest.  I'm not coping with life very well right now.  Things just seem to be getting out of control and can't get the car back on the road,  so to speak. Basically,  everyone's sick and extremely grouchy. I'm picking Gavin up from school now and all that's going to do is add more stress to the mix. He's going to start in on Lizze the moment I leave the room and I'm starting to get pretty darn resentful of that. I wish that there could be peace and quiet for just one day. One day without screaming,…

Elliott and Emmett love each other, of that I'm sure.  However, they just cannot get along. Emmett is an absolute bully towards Elliott and Elliott knows how to push Emmett’s buttons.  I have tried everything I can to break this cycle because not only is it exhausting but it's driving me crazy,  with capital "C". I realize that they are young and whatever,  but the constant fighting over everything from Lego’s, imaginary characters to portal guns made from stictak. Why do they have to fight over everything? Why can't they just be nice to each other? This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look…

Something I forgot to mention in my previous post about Gavin and reactive attachment disorder is that his behaviors seem to be contagious. Of course,  I don't mean they are literally contagious but more like a really bad example. I can say this because both Elliott and Emmett are modeling or mimicking Gavin's behaviors. For example, when they get upset, they hit themselves and call themselves stupid. Neither of the E's are listening very well,  especially when it comes to Lizze. The actual act of defiance is very similar to that of Gavin. In truth,  this is nothing new.  They have been modeling get Gavin's behaviors for years. The problem is that as Gavin's behaviors get worse,  so does that of the E's. Unfortunately for us,  the E's really look…

Despite all the positive thoughts and Dear God's, Emmett is now officially sick. It's barely 5am and we are up because he's so stuffy he can't breathe. I can already see that it's gonna be one of those days. This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

Operation Hope is what I call our plan to not only help Gavin by placing him into residential care but save what's left of my crumbling family.  Gavin's behaviors are destroying our family. We have engaged the services of Stark County Family council.  They offer a service called Wraparound. For more on that,  use my search widget.  Basically, Wraparound is a facilitator.  They help to locate services that will benefit the family in question and also build a support system as well. We have our 2nd meeting in the morning before school. Our coordinator wants to meet Gavin and so we will be doing that before school. I'm other sure who will be taking Gavin because only one of us can go,  due to the E's being sick. Every meeting…