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==Josh pages==
==Josh pages==
* [[/meds]]: in January 2013, RHA started Josh on a mild regimen of something, to help him sleep; up until then, he had never been on meds steadily
* '''[[/getting services]]''': the multi-year story of our attempts to get supportive services for Josh
* '''[[/Medicaid]]''': log of what it took to get that for him
* [[/facts]]: things we've learned about Josh
* [[/facts]]: things we've learned about Josh
* [[/log]]: a record of Josh-related events in 2007-2009
* [[/log]]: a record of Josh-related events in 2007-2009
* [[/meds]] (outdated): in January 2013, RHA started Josh on a mild regimen of something, to help him sleep; up until then, he had never been on meds steadily
* [[/paperwork]]
* [[/video]]: the good, the bad, and the ugly
* [[/video]]: the good, the bad, and the ugly
* [[/Medicaid]]: log of what it took to get it for him
* [[:Category:Josh|Josh category]] with a few additional things in it (photos etc.)
* [[/getting services]]: the multi-year story of our attempts to get supportive services for Josh
* [[/paperwork]]
* [[:Category:Josh|Josh category]] with a few things in it (photos etc.)
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Josh (born 1992-12-12) is [[User:Harena|Sandy]]'s second-oldest. He is [[htyp:autism|autistic]]. He is generally unable to communicate, even using hand-gestures (pointing, touching object, holding up object).
Josh (born 1992-12-12) is [[User:Harena|Sandy]]'s second-oldest. He is [[htyp:autism|autistic]]. He is generally unable to communicate, even using hand-gestures (pointing, touching object, holding up object).


He is very healthy, though, and quite clever, dextrous, and strong. Given all that, he has always been a little difficult to control -- but he was generally happy as a child, so it wasn't as much of a problem. Since hitting adolescence in 2007 or so he has gotten much bigger and stronger; he is now larger than Sandy, and able to resist all but the most strenuous and determined efforts to force him physically.
He is very healthy, though, and quite clever, dextrous, and strong. Given all that, he has always been a little difficult to control -- but he was generally happy as a child, so it wasn't as much of a problem.
 
''This part needs updating:''<blockquote>Since hitting adolescence in 2007 or so he has gotten much bigger and stronger; he is now larger than Sandy, and able to resist all but the most strenuous and determined efforts to force him physically.</blockquote>


Josh is also unusually interactive for an autistic person; he smiles, gives eye contact, laughs, and plays possum sometimes when he knows he has to do something but doesn't want to; his main issue seems to be with communication.
Josh is also unusually interactive for an autistic person; he smiles, gives eye contact, laughs, and plays possum sometimes when he knows he has to do something but doesn't want to; his main issue seems to be with communication.
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==Status==
==Status==
===blog entries about Josh===
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===Schools/Residential===
* '''2006-2007''' Githens
* '''2007-2008''' [[Jordan High School]]
* '''2008-2009''' Jordan
* '''2009-2010''' Jordan, then wouldn't go to school, then [[Hughes Center]]
* '''2011''' left Hughes Center, moved to permanent home with [[RHA Howell]]
====Archives====
====Archives====
* [[/2010]]
* [[/2010]]

Latest revision as of 18:54, 29 December 2022

Josh pages

  • /getting services: the multi-year story of our attempts to get supportive services for Josh
  • /Medicaid: log of what it took to get that for him
  • /facts: things we've learned about Josh
  • /log: a record of Josh-related events in 2007-2009
  • /meds (outdated): in January 2013, RHA started Josh on a mild regimen of something, to help him sleep; up until then, he had never been on meds steadily
  • /paperwork
  • /video: the good, the bad, and the ugly
  • Josh category with a few additional things in it (photos etc.)

Overview

Josh at the NC Museum of Life and Science, July 2009

Josh (born 1992-12-12) is Sandy's second-oldest. He is autistic. He is generally unable to communicate, even using hand-gestures (pointing, touching object, holding up object).

He is very healthy, though, and quite clever, dextrous, and strong. Given all that, he has always been a little difficult to control -- but he was generally happy as a child, so it wasn't as much of a problem.

This part needs updating:

Since hitting adolescence in 2007 or so he has gotten much bigger and stronger; he is now larger than Sandy, and able to resist all but the most strenuous and determined efforts to force him physically.

Josh is also unusually interactive for an autistic person; he smiles, gives eye contact, laughs, and plays possum sometimes when he knows he has to do something but doesn't want to; his main issue seems to be with communication.

Josh has been happily living in a group home run by RHA Howell since late Feburary, 2011. The story of everything leading up to that is here.

notes

Status

Schools/Residential

Archives