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Recent content by Poohbear

  1. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    I have not heard this. Do you have any references? He spent all of his childhood without these meds and over the past several years I think he has become more anxious, isolated and less goal motivated than in childhood. He claims the depression is still there.
  2. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    I agree.....EF has always been his problem, not focus. Taking meds has helped him be more aware, especially earlier in the day, but the organizing/planning/executing deficits eventually overwhelm him. Burnout would fit. And without structured activities he wouldn’t get much chance to socialize...
  3. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    I had to take some time to think about this. Why is this a concern? I believe I have seen a decline in executive function ever since he went to his first college. It was less in the beginning and noticeable when we first found out he was failing classes. He was not on ADD meds at that time...
  4. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    SusanLR, it might be that my son will be more productive living with us, or with someone who will help him. But he has definitely decided it’s better to live alone in a dorm room rather than in his parents house. He really wants that opportunity to try to make his life work out for him in his...
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    What has helped?

  6. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    I will ask the disabilities office at his college about that.....they have never mentioned anything available in the community. The best we could do was to get him an accommodation to have a single room in the dorm and to be able to stay there even with a reduced class load.
  7. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    I won’t get a few days warning....more like 24 hours or less.....when someone wants to be shown the house. He does have trouble with changes to house routines.
  8. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    We have tried to locate someone at his school for this and nothing is offered even within bus distance from the school.
  9. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    Well that makes sense. And his room in the dorm right now is a single and he prefers that. He would try if I sold it.
  10. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    I would like to find our more about autistic burnout......what’s a good resource?
  11. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    Thanks for this. Yes, been looking throughout Spokane area and it’s not as “progressive” as you’d think for a big city. When he was first diagnosed, we tried to find support groups and were actually pushed away by other parents who had low functioning autism children. In fact, my son’s...
  12. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    Well that’s where we are at also. And yes.....he is working on an electrical engineering degree........and still harbors a long term goal of getting into neural prosthetics.....OMG. His only job he has ever held was handed to him by a friend of the family, a mentor, while he was still at the...
  13. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    Thanks. That’s what I am trying to get at. What improvements could be possible? The only improvement I have seen after these several years is that he recognizes that he “hit a wall” at some point and withdrew, but has not been able to recognize the cause before he hits that wall. A big part of...
  14. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    Do “Life Coach” hiring help? Is there a college which specializes in HIGH functioning adult support? What about group living?
  15. Poohbear

    What has helped?

    My son was diagnosed HFA at 20 after failing to live independently at his first university. He is very intelligent and had high goals for post schooling. 5 years and 2 colleges later, he is struggling to get passing grades even with many accommodations from the school and the local dept. of...
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