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Today after school, (14 yrs old with DS) got off the bus and was slowly

coming up to the house. I had noticed that he was taking his sweet time coming

in (something which the bus driver has asked us to work on...he gets sidetracked

going in the house and they need him to speed it up), so I was telling him to

hurry and come in. He said something about a man sleeping. I said, don't worry

about it. Hurry and come in. I told him to do his routine...go potty, wash his

hands, etc. He did and then came out back and told me again, " man sleeping in

there " . I told him that no man was sleeping in our house. He said, " no

outside, sidewalk " . Since he was so insistent, I told him to show me. He

walked towards the front and pointed out our front door. I followed him and

then walked out my front door. Well, guess what? There was a man passed out on

our sidewalk directly in front of our house!! " sleeping " . As I went out to

check on him, the bus driver was getting off the bus to check on him too. The

next door neighbor signaled to me that he was on the phone with 911. So, all

this excitement was happening, was yelling out the screen door, " call

911, call 911 " The man was fine. Totally smelled of alcohol. Paramedics came

and woke him up and he was on his way. But it was neat to see 's

understanding of what to do in an " emergency " I am very proud of him and just

wanted to share. Also to give hope to parents out there with younger kids. He

felt really big and knew that he was doing the right thing. We really praised

him and went over what he did right. (tell adult until someone listens, know to

call 911, stay inside until mommy told him it was safe to come out)

If you are still ready, thanks for listening,

Kym...mom to 5 including (14 w/ DS)