Add us to the group who do our best to suppress noisy or hurtful stims when out in public. Tics are different and he really can't suppress those-although I know he does try because I have witnessed him holding them in until we exit a building and then letting them loose. I still can't believe they are "homeschooling". I love my kid, but at this point in the summer I am honestly counting down the days until school starts again. No one is doing well and I am trying like hell to figure out why his sleep has gone to such tit. We had another all-nighter last night. This is the worst his sleep has been in YEARS. This makes about 3 all-nighters just in this past week alone and it is rough on everyone. Mostly him. He even took a nap today (3 hours), so I know this boy is tired. He never naps. Not even times when he has stayed up all night before. The past two times we have just put him in his room so we could get a couple of hours, but he simply tore up his room. He hasn't even been ticing during these nights, which is what usually keeps him up all night. So I really can't figure this out.
I completely understand and we always try to give grace to tics. Usually you can definitely tell the difference between the two and I always try to point this out to my kids, when we have ran into others with Tourette’s..
Having others just scream and yell though, even my kids look at others and will ask me to make it stop…
I am so glad that you’ll got to go back already! I wished mine where. We don’t start back until the 29th for traditional school. My higher schooler and college kid gets to start next week. High schooler is driving herself to school but my college kid is taking a full virtual online program. So, she will be home and relying on me to help, while dealing with my twins that have a few weeks of summer break left…
Also, anyone else notice that Asa is confusing his audience recently, with the whole “homeschool”? It became a slight uptick in conversation. Like “wait, I thought she graduated already?” I keep waiting for someone to ask why she isn’t going to college… As there are programs for ID/D individuals but there is absolutely no way Abbie would qualify (basic wiping your
is required, along with daily living skills)..