Discussion 6 years!!!

[philreich]

For those who have been here for a while, you'll remember reading about my family's trials and tribulations with our youngest son, who is severely autistic.

For the benefit of our relative newbies, (and I'll keep it short), he became extremely violent in the home - particularly towards my wife. So the only option left for us was to have him hospitalised in August 2019. The day he arrived at the hospital, he duly emphasised why he was there: he started attacking the staff who were the unfortunate ones who had to deal with him, so they had to shackle him to the bed to control him.

He was in hospital for the next 9 months while his medication was modified, to ensure that his behaviour was greatly modified. Finally, he left hospital 6 years ago today, and moved into his supported accommodation home, where he remains today. He's now with wonderful carers, who love and care for him.

Let me re-emphasise my point that if anyone reading this is going through something similar, there's avenues of assistance for you - please don't suffer in silence.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Brilliant news, Phil. I remember how bad it sounded at the time, but I'm glad it all worked out okay.

 

[Braklet]

Great to hear this, philreich.

 

[grumbleguts]

Fantastic news. I think I remember saying at the time that a friend of mine had to sleep with a knife under his pillow for protection, because he was afraid of his son. His story has a similar arc.

 

[Pugsley]

I love this news philreich. These carers and support workers are human angels.
People tell them it's just a job. They actually love what they do.

The world needs more of their kindness and empathy.

 

[Pie 4 Life]

Great news philreich a really good step forward and no doubt a mix of pride and relief for you. Hopefully it's only up from here.

 

[philreich]

Fantastic news. I think I remember saying at the time that a friend of mine had to sleep with a knife under his pillow for protection, because he was afraid of his son. His story has a similar arc.

The hardest part was the unpredictability. He often did the same thing on consecutive days, with completely different results. For example, one day he would be on the computer, and he would be quiet as a mouse. The next day, something would snap in his brain, and the computer monitor would end up on the floor.

 

[grumbleguts]

The hardest part was the unpredictability. He often did the same thing on consecutive days, with completely different results. For example, one day he would be on the computer, and he would be quiet as a mouse. The next day, something would snap in his brain, and the computer monitor would end up on the floor.

I take back everything I said about your jokes, it must be hard coming up with your own material under those conditions.

 

[The Majestic]

For those who have been here for a while, you'll remember reading about my family's trials and tribulations with our youngest son, who is severely autistic.

For the benefit of our relative newbies, (and I'll keep it short), he became extremely violent in the home - particularly towards my wife. So the only option left for us was to have him hospitalised in August 2019. The day he arrived at the hospital, he duly emphasised why he was there: he started attacking the staff who were the unfortunate ones who had to deal with him, so they had to shackle him to the bed to control him.

He was in hospital for the next 9 months while his medication was modified, to ensure that his behaviour was greatly modified. Finally, he left hospital 6 years ago today, and moved into his supported accommodation home, where he remains today. He's now with wonderful carers, who love and care for him.

Let me re-emphasise my point that if anyone reading this is going through something similar, there's avenues of assistance for you - please don't suffer in silence.

Good news that he's able to be somewhere good, I am hoping that my cousin who has disabilities will find somewhere good to live herself. Seems she's going to live with my aunt and her husband until they find somewhere to have her live that's better than the place she was living before.