The Quiet Crisis Next Door

Tag: functional communication training

  • Picturing Community Safety

    At the meeting place of Tony’s growth rate, his sensory differences, the profundity of his Autism, his intense impulsivity, and his heavily delayed risk assessment beats the heart of some of my deepest fears for our son’s future. We remain racing against time, have been engaged in every strategy we can think of for years…

  • Public Therapy Give & Take Part 1

    For many months now we have been leaning into the blustery fury of one regulation storm after another for Tony. A year- an entire year- where we barely had time to gasp furtive lungfuls of calm before the next significant event plunged us into a wave of behavioral turmoil. Many points I had to fight…

  • “You Would Cry Too”

    For years, I have lived in a state of hypervigilance. So many seemingly simple moments for other families are packed with opportunities for my son to be seriously harmed. Some things Tony does because he either lacks a more complete understanding or currently can’t hold onto what will happen to him if he succeeds in…