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06 Jun 2018, 7:58 pm

At least the little fellow is enjoying himself.



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06 Jun 2018, 8:04 pm

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At least the little fellow is enjoying himself.


true but for 2 1/2 hours now he sure proved me wrong in every way from the sound to the small space in the cab with someone that close



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06 Jun 2018, 8:07 pm

He sounds like he was really relaxed. That is so great that he let you be that close for so long. We will have to discover what else he loves.


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06 Jun 2018, 8:09 pm

skibum wrote:
He sounds like he was really relaxed. That is so great that he let you be that close for so long. We will have to discover what else he loves.


he loves my stuff LOL but I'm good with that



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06 Jun 2018, 8:22 pm

I just have to say that you -> Colton S. <- sound like the most wonderful brother one could ask for. You could have just reacted to your brother's behavior with anger and frustration and no one could have blamed you for that BUT INSTEAD -->> you got online and started trying to find answers! and you are even sticking around for more answers! There are not many like you out there Colton S.. Thank you :heart:



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06 Jun 2018, 8:29 pm

beady wrote:
I just have to say that you -> Colton S. <- sound like the most wonderful brother one could ask for. You could have just reacted to your brother's behavior with anger and frustration and no one could have blamed you for that BUT INSTEAD -->> you got online and started trying to find answers! and you are even sticking around for more answers! There are not many like you out there Colton S.. Thank you :heart:


Thank you, my real dad, before he passed all ways said it a "glorious thing to ride a lion but remember you have to dismount" I never got what it meant but think my stepbrother showed me if that makes senses



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06 Jun 2018, 8:53 pm

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beady wrote:
I just have to say that you -> Colton S. <- sound like the most wonderful brother one could ask for. You could have just reacted to your brother's behavior with anger and frustration and no one could have blamed you for that BUT INSTEAD -->> you got online and started trying to find answers! and you are even sticking around for more answers! There are not many like you out there Colton S.. Thank you :heart:


Thank you, my real dad, before he passed all ways said it a "glorious thing to ride a lion but remember you have to dismount" I never got what it meant but think my stepbrother showed me if that makes senses


I'm sorry for your loss of your dad. He sounds like he left you with some warm memories.
Yes, what your dad said makes sense in this situation. It is no easy task to learn humility.
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06 Jun 2018, 8:55 pm

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beady wrote:
I just have to say that you -> Colton S. <- sound like the most wonderful brother one could ask for. You could have just reacted to your brother's behavior with anger and frustration and no one could have blamed you for that BUT INSTEAD -->> you got online and started trying to find answers! and you are even sticking around for more answers! There are not many like you out there Colton S.. Thank you :heart:


Thank you, my real dad, before he passed all ways said it a "glorious thing to ride a lion but remember you have to dismount" I never got what it meant but think my stepbrother showed me if that makes senses


I'm sorry for your loss of your dad. He sounds like he left you with some warm memories.
Yes, what your dad said makes sense in this situation. It is no easy task to learn humility.
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Thank You



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06 Jun 2018, 10:00 pm

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it was a meltdown he had nothing to gain it came out of nowhere things where going well and it was like a bomb went off it was honestly scary even his dad being there did not help but when we move from that row he calmed down it still is so weird it is like a switch you turn on and off


:) you really seem to have a knack for understanding autism.

yeah unfortunately in meltdown phase the senses go haywire and you can't really hear or see anyone because the mind is spinning out of control. Sometimes I can be talked down. But in a situation like that, it's just total mental chaos.


I don't know about understanding Autism we went to my grand pa's house today and my stepbrother went I went to help Grand pa bale hay I keep saying he would meltdown because the tractors are so loud even in the cab but my little stepbrother loved it he did throw a fit when we had to leave and it was a fit but I just knew he would hate the noise from the tractors and the closeness in the cab ever since we got home he has been drawing pictures of the tractors and round bails of hay guess my point I thought I was starting to understand better and he did everything oppised of what I thought LOL



What I meant more was being an understanding person. Understanding and accepting. That's a good thing for both of you. You know who really has a complete understanding of autism? No one. But in time you'll develop a general understanding of how he ticks and part of that will be experiencing the unexpected.



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06 Jun 2018, 10:04 pm

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it was a meltdown he had nothing to gain it came out of nowhere things where going well and it was like a bomb went off it was honestly scary even his dad being there did not help but when we move from that row he calmed down it still is so weird it is like a switch you turn on and off


:) you really seem to have a knack for understanding autism.

yeah unfortunately in meltdown phase the senses go haywire and you can't really hear or see anyone because the mind is spinning out of control. Sometimes I can be talked down. But in a situation like that, it's just total mental chaos.


I don't know about understanding Autism we went to my grand pa's house today and my stepbrother went I went to help Grand pa bale hay I keep saying he would meltdown because the tractors are so loud even in the cab but my little stepbrother loved it he did throw a fit when we had to leave and it was a fit but I just knew he would hate the noise from the tractors and the closeness in the cab ever since we got home he has been drawing pictures of the tractors and round bails of hay guess my point I thought I was starting to understand better and he did everything oppised of what I thought LOL



What I meant was being an understanding person. Understanding and accepting. That's a good thing for both of you.

You know who really has a complete understanding of autism? No one.


I'm learning that fast LOL



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06 Jun 2018, 10:19 pm

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What I meant was being an understanding person. Understanding and accepting. That's a good thing for both of you.

You know who really has a complete understanding of autism? No one.


I'm learning that fast LOL


I'd say so. You have the knack for it. I have a bad habit of editing posts after I have posted them so I wrote a little more to what I said above.



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07 Jun 2018, 9:02 pm

well we went back to grandpa's and the tractors today he rode a combine all day and when we got done he walked in to my grandpa's house and stay and sit down in the floor so me and my stepbrother and grandpa are staying on the farm tonight i'm kinda scared because my mom and stepdad went back home I never had to watch him before I mean he is doing great playing with my grandpa's toy tractors they are really old even made out of steal but still i'm not sure about it



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07 Jun 2018, 9:27 pm

Looking after someone with your stepbrother's level of autism is not easy. Those who have looked after me like family, teachers and day camp workers have experience and even special training. You are going to go through this on a trial and error basis. Expect to make mistakes, that's just the way this kind of thing plays out. I'm hoping it will go smooth as possible.



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07 Jun 2018, 9:33 pm

EzraS wrote:
Looking after someone with your stepbrother's level of autism is not easy. Those who have looked after me like family, teachers and day camp workers have experience and even special training. You are going to go through this on a trial and error basis. Expect to make mistakes, that's just the way this kind of thing plays out. I'm hoping it will go smooth as possible.

thanks, he is playing with the tractors and looks sleepy I kind of feel like I was thrown in the fire but he is like a kid in a candy store my grandpa collects toy tractor he has like a 100 of them and my little brother has them all in the floor



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07 Jun 2018, 10:44 pm

Sounds like he hard part is probably going to be getting him to leave grandpa's house.



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08 Jun 2018, 9:11 am

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Sounds like he hard part is probably going to be getting him to leave grandpa's house.


He made a big circle out of the tractors and sleep in the middle of them and was up and ready to go tractor as he calls it at 5 am grandpa said He is almost like a different boy if that makes sense he really seems like he is interacting more he goes from traitor to tractor he don't seem to care who is in the tractor he just wants to ride in each one started in the combine then went to the support tractor then to the tractor plowing and so on it so weird it like he don't even see wgo is driving or don't care