Posted by dustbunny on January 28, 2001 at 19:46:39:
My son is autistic, but mildly so. Tonight the power went off for 4 1/2 hours. The child was so worried, he paced the rooms, kept looking out the door for the power company and just was a general basket case. He's done so well lately that I thought he had a handle on his triggers. Looks like I was wrong. Tonight was a challenge and brought back lots of memories. It also made me realize just how much progress he has made. I do know that this is one more thing we have to work on, learning to cope with unexpected power outages, but at least he didn't turn into a quivering mass like he used to.