Words to live by---

These 3 things remain true to the "Journey of Autism". Anyone or everyone can advise you;

ULTIMATELY you MUST go with what you feel is right. "GO WITH YOUR GUT."

Once you have arrived at this decision; "NEVER GIVE UP"!

LASTLY "Ya Gotta do, what Ya Gotta do!"



Sunday, March 19, 2006

ANXIETY DRIVEN FEAR?????

A WEEK AGO THURSDAY DAKOTA HAD A SCUFFLE AT SCHOOL WITH HIS TEACHER. BASICALLY ANOTHER STUDENT AND THE TEACHER WERE ENGAGED IN  A CONFRONTATION AND DAKOTA SOMEHOW GOT IRRITATED ABOUT IT  CONSEQUENTLY DECIDED TO GET INVOLVED . THE TEACHER HAD ENUF ON HIS HANDS SO HE MADE DAKOTA GO OUTSIDE AND ONCE HE WAS THERE MR.DUTCHER BARKED AT HIM TO SIT DOWN WHICH DAKOTA DID .  I DONT KNOW  WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT ABOUT 1:45 I GOT A CALL THAT DAKOTA WAS DOWN AND  COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT GET UP --COULD I COME UP AND GET HIM SINCE HE HAD MISSED THE BUS?{THE TEACHER KATHY FROM NEXT DOOR WAS THE ONE WHO CALLLED} OFCOURSE I WAS UPSET  BUT I KIND OF UNDERSTOOF WHAT HAD HAPPENED  AND I COULDNT DRAW TOO MUCH JUDGEMENT AS I WAS NOT THERE TO WITNESS THE INCIDENT SO I GRABBED MY KEYS AND PEELED OUT TO GET MY "BABY"

WHEN I ARRIVED THERE HE WAS ON THE COLD COLD CEMENT LEANING AGAINST THE CHAIN LINK FENCE WHICH  IS ABOUT 6 FEET AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM RUNNING PPARALELL TO THE  BUILDING AND HE COULD NOT GET UP. HE WAS CRYING AND FEARFUL  - -  HE TOLD ME HE COULDNT GET UP CUZ OF HIS LEG . HE WAS AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO HURT IT OR THAT IT WAS ALREADY HURT. I SAT DOWN BESIDE HIM AND TOLD HIM HE HAD TO GET UP . IT WAS VERY COLD AND WINDY THAT DAY AND I WAS A LITTLE PISSED THAT HE GOT SENT OUTSIDE  BUT AGAIN I TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CLASSROOM GIVING THE TEACHER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT      I TRIED TO MODEL A WAY FOR HIM TO ROLL OVER ON THE GOOD LEG AND HOIST HIMSELF UP , I TRIED TO GET UNDER HIS ARM PIT AND RAISE HIM UP HE JUST WOULD NOT BUDGE . I HAD TO SIT WITH HIM AND TALKTO HIM ABOUT WHAT WAS HE GOING TO DO IF HE DIDN GET UP??? EVENTUALLY  I "TALKED HIM DOWN  OFF THE LEDGE"" so to speak.  IT TOOK BOTH OF THE TEACHERS AND MYSELF TO ASSIST HIM TO HIS FEET . HE WAS SO AFRAID OF HURTINGN HIMSELF AGAIN I THINK HE WAS PARALYZED. I AM QUITE SURE HE WAS RE-LIVING THE FALL FROM LAST APRIL.  BEFORE I LEFT I ADVISED HIS TEACHER THAT IF HE WAS SENT OUT AGAIN COULD HE PLEASE GIVE HIM A CHAIR OR DIRECT HIM OVER TO THE PICNIC BENCH- - - -  WE AGREEED THAT IN THE FUTURE  THAT WOULD BE THE COURSE OF ACTION

DAKOTA IS SUFFERING FROM SO MUCH ANXIETY ABOUT THIS INCIDENT HE HASNT GONE BACK TO SCHOOL    HE HAS DECIDED HE WANTS TOTRY TO GO ANOTHE RYEAR BUT I THINK HE IS GETTING THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION THAT HE IS NO LONGER WANTED IN THAT CLASSROOM  I DONT KNOW WHERE ITS COMING FROM --- SO I HAVE PROPOSED TO HIM THAT WE FIND OTHER CLASSES FOR HIM TO PURSUE   WHATEVER THE DECISION  WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUTTHIS  ANXIETY AND THE BEHAVIOR COMES WITH  IT.

  

 

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