Always one more thing..

Friday morning was Jack's interview with the County for "redetermination". If I don't come up with one more example of how Jack struggles in and around the home in terms of knowing how to be safe, and knowing how to care for himself, then he may no longer qualify for services. I guess it's nice that the lady gave me a heads up, and gave me a week or so to pick through my brain for memories.. or follow Jack around and take notes. But come on, man!

There are 6 areas they look at, and there must be a deficit in 3. So far we're at 2. (Of course one could say this is a positive thing, and may be for the best). I don't want to lie and make stuff up, so that's not really an option. Really, I don't want to be dependent on the County. We haven't used their funding in some time now anyway, if you don't count his visit with a psychologist recently. (That was just to find out if he still has Autism, which he does). I just don't get why a psychologist they pay for can say he still has a great challenge in caring for himself, and with social interaction, and yet he's just okay enough that the report is basically meaningless.

So as I pay attention to my son over the next several days, I have to deal with a kid who literally bounces off of my walls. He's down to 1mg of the Intuniv, and it just makes me want to scream. Attitude-wise we're not doing too bad, but there is no way in hell this is going to fly when he returns to school. I'm paying attention to these weird jerky movements, too. I don't think they're tics, but who knows at this point. I've heard of kids being taken off of meds, only to suddenly have an assortment of other evil issues. Goodness gracious. :(