what makes me sad

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It was said already, but I agree -- my heart aches for you. I remember

that type of helplessness when he was a baby. Then later when he was

having to go through speech therapy because he had just stopped

talking. But out of nowhere he did finally start talking! I'll be

praying for you that the same miracle blesses you. I'll also pray that

God will have his angels keep a special eye on your baby boy! God

bless you!!!

[Guest guest]

Wow! How nice that was.SincerelyRuePenn

From: Two Blessings <ljdjd1234yahoo (DOT) com>Subject: Re: What makes me sadTo: AutismBehaviorProbl emsyahoogroups (DOT) comDate: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 11:37 PM

Oh, Kathy...my heart aches for you. I do don't want to experience any of this in 's future...but I know that I might. He is 22 months...and the thing that scares me the most is that I won't be able to protect him because he can't help me know how......... ......... ..Oh, that is gut wrenching.

I wish you had more trust in his school...or rather I wish it were possible for him to be in a school environment in which you trust...

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What makes me sad

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[Guest guest]

I feel for you and your child, and ALL the children and parents with

similar problems...My son had trouble (and sometimes still does)

telling me when he felt sick, or in pain, or depressed or lonely, etc.

It is WHY I don't want to send him to any " boy's home " or even a

Children's Hospital, etc for his problems with behavior even though at

times I'm feeling like we live in an abusive situation... (OURS, not

Bronson's). It's hard having to keep people out of your house because

it looks like a wreck (and I MEAN wreck), and gritting your teeth

hoping he won't get into anything dangerous when your back is turned,

or DO anything like try to drive the car, etc, etc...

I'm SO amazed at how MUCH everyone's children seem to have the SAME or

similar habits, problems, etc. I mean, I've noticed that SEVERAL of

the comments mentioned about other member's kids fit MY son EXACTLY!!

It's like it's symptoms of Autism. And I'm NOT talking about the

OBVIOUS symptoms, I mean stuff like the hairy back, large bowel

movements (sorry)etc. I keep finding similarities in strange

coincidences... Very odd... DIANE

>

> Hi everyone!! I told you all about the bus situation yesturday. When

> my son got home yesturday, the school wrote me to say that Lester once

> again got his finger caught in a toy. I looked at his finger and

> thought " it looks fine, but your knuckles across your top of your hand

> looks funny, almost bruised " Today when he got home there are three

> bruises across the top his hand at the knuckles very dark, same hand.

> It is like he hit somthing with a fist, which he doesnt know how to do,

> or some one hit him with somthing across the hand, OR did the window on

> the bus fall on his hand and that is what got the bus drivers

> attention. The most that brings the sadness to me is knowing, He can

> not tell me who or what hurt him. My child is nonverbal in my eyes.

> He can not tell me what or where or who. I just want to close the

> blinds and hold him forever knowing he is protected. Kathy

>

[Guest guest]

I know what you mean. I always say the same thing. But when it

comes to running or agreession I am yet to hear this is how it could

be helped. If we all have the same problems how come there is not at

least a couple of ways to handle this? Like a person that is a

runner. I would think there would be a specialist after all this

time that is able to help. It seems I only get answers from mothers

like you. Right now knowing how bad my son got hurt, I dont know if

I can send him back to school. I have asked for four years to help

teach him and make him safe and I have obviously been ignored. How

could I have sent him all these years knowing in my gut he is not

safe. Kathy

> >

> > Hi everyone!! I told you all about the bus situation yesturday.

When

> > my son got home yesturday, the school wrote me to say that Lester

once

> > again got his finger caught in a toy. I looked at his finger and

> > thought " it looks fine, but your knuckles across your top of your

hand

> > looks funny, almost bruised " Today when he got home there are

three

> > bruises across the top his hand at the knuckles very dark, same

hand.

> > It is like he hit somthing with a fist, which he doesnt know how

to do,

> > or some one hit him with somthing across the hand, OR did the

window on

> > the bus fall on his hand and that is what got the bus drivers

> > attention. The most that brings the sadness to me is knowing, He

can

> > not tell me who or what hurt him. My child is nonverbal in my

eyes.

> > He can not tell me what or where or who. I just want to close

the

> > blinds and hold him forever knowing he is protected. Kathy

> >

>

[Guest guest]

It's nice to be part of a group that understands parents who have children that are aggressive or self-injurious. My son is 17 and I have decided that for the time being, I am going to keep him at home with me. That means that I had to hire a large staff of caretakers to help me as he is strong. So, I am selling my house to move to something less expensive and that's ok by me. It's interesting when outsiders think that putting your child in a group home would solve the problem-as though there are group homes that can handle a person like this better than the person's own family. That is a very silly statement. Does a staff person care all that much if the person is hitting themselves in the head or banging their head on the floor? Yes-they care in terms of their own liability (like at school), but they aren't going to put themselves in harm's way (and who would expect them to?) for the person. No-I think someone has to go through this experience to understand it.

Herskowitz

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