Autism, Anxiety and Antidepressants

A few days ago,  3 to be exact, Elliott started low dose Zoloft,  for anxiety.  He has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and the low dose Zoloft was put…

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Autism and Driving

My wife and I were talking the other day and we somehow wandered into the topic of driving. Gavin is very quickly approaching the age where most kids are thinking…

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Sometimes I just need things to stop

I consider myself a relatively patient guy.  I'm far from perfect but I'm pretty patient. Having said that,  everyone is driving me crazy.  All day I have listened to Elliott…

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Today’s Victory: 02/06/2012

Today's Victory is brought to by Mr.  Emmett John. This afternoon,  Emmett and I spent some 1 on 1 time together while Gavin was at therapy and Elliott was at…

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Help, I’m an overprotective parent.

Something I have slowly come to realize is that in my attempts to protect my kids from themselves, I'm robbing them of the independence they are capable of having. It's…

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Today’s Victory: 02/05/2012

Today's Victory is brought to you by Gavin.  This one is actually a day late because I fell asleep before posting this. This is a huge,  huge win for Gavin’s…

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