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[[Image:Pa160005 josh and cow.web.jpg|thumb|right|Josh, out standing in his field. (Well, okay, it's someone ''else's'' field, but he's still out standing in it.)]]
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Josh (born 1992-12-12) is the oldest of [[User:Harena|Sandy]]'s children still living at home. He is [[Wikipedia:Autism|autistic]], and currently does not use verbal communication (except apparently at school, where he is able to write and speak more or less rote responses on request).
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==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* [[/meds]] (outdated): in January 2013, RHA started Josh on a mild regimen of something, to help him sleep; up until then, he had never been on meds steadily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
* [[:Category:Josh|Josh category]] with a few additional things in it (photos etc.)
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Josh is 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. On a good day, he will hover outside the office door if he wants something; on a bad day, he will whack [[Benjy]] so Benjy will start crying and alert us that something needs attention (at which point we notice that Josh is out of juice, hasn't been fed, or whatever it may be). (We are, of course, trying to discourage this pattern.)
==Overview==
[[File:2009-07-18 Josh 2.jpg|thumb|right|Josh at the NC Museum of Life and Science, July 2009]]
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).


* [[:Category:Josh|Josh category]] with a few things in it
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.
* [[Josh and The System]]: the ongoing story of our attempts to get supportive services for Josh
==Instructions for Caregivers==
Ironically, Josh is actually the easiest of the three. At home, he normally keeps to himself and is almost self-sufficient; the ''only'' things he needs (from day to day) that a normal 13-year-old wouldn't need are (1) being cleaned up after a number-two in the toilet (relatively easy; he's very cooperative, and we keep a supply of surgical gloves on hand), and (2) food and drink preparation.


His fall-back diet, for between-meal snacks and meals when we're not preparing something he likes, is hot dogs:
''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>
* take frozen pack from the chest freezer (laundry room); microwave at 10% (careful not to accidentally select 70%!) for 8:88 (a.k.a. 9 minutes 28 seconds)
* open the pack, take out half of the dogs (usually 5), put on a plate and microwave on Defrost for 2:22 (usually I rinse off the ice first; they cook more evenly that way, and you don't end up with as much loose water)
* wait until Josh finishes, and repeat for the other half of the pack (he has been known to eat too fast and end up coughing up hot-dog chunks on the floor if given too many at once; 5-6 at a time seems to be okay)


He also snacks on veggie chips (kept in the laundry room above the chest freezer); the bag needs to be opened just a little and he can open it the rest of the way.
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.
==Links of Convenience==
 
* [https://www.ci.durham.nc.us/departments/parks/after_school.cfm#3 After School program]
Josh has been happily living in a group home run by [[htyp:RHA Howell|RHA Howell]] since late Feburary, 2011. The story of everything leading up to that is [[/getting services|here]].
* [http://www.thearcofdurham.org/ The Arc of Durham]: respite care
===notes===
* Need to reorganize the [[/facts]], [[/behavior|behavior]], and [[/group home|group home]] pages; some overlap and some missing areas.
 
==Status==
<!-- ===blog entries about Josh===
{{report/blog}} -->
===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====
* [[/2010]]
* [[/2009]]
* [[/2008]]
* [[/2007]]

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

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