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My father was considered a quadriplegic. He could feel his right side, but could not move it and he could move his left side, but could no feel it. (And to keep the thread true....a pic)

As the father of an 18 year old autistic son, I know the pain that the family feels, as I've seen it in so many. This family needs a bahavior specialist, and they need him/her right away. The anger they're seeing is not a symptom of Asperger's/autism, but of a child in a lot of pain. Many like to think of the rage as a symptom of the disorder, I think because it makes it easier for us not to feel guilty, but it's truly not. Force isn't going to work, threats will only make things worse, punishing the behavior will make it worse still, only identifying the source of his pain (It's almost certainly mental, emotional, and physical.), by someone qualified to do so, and helping to mitigate it will solve these problems... Please try to trust me on this. Sending happy thoughts to your girlfriend and her family, as well as you. You sound like a really, really awesome boyfriend.

I know :/ I was just thinking it would be a lot quicker and the kid might think it was a cool experience. Overall just sounds like a crappy situation.

This sounds like it might require a higher level of care than a paramedic. There is no way you should be sedating him for the entire trip, especially if he does not need it.

Are you saying DD had multiple accounts, like ventmedic? lol

I've been a member here for many years, I can't remember how many but it's been a lot. I've seen it ebb and sway here. We had tons of posts prior to when chat was popular, then during chat being popular it seemed that everyone was chatting, then things changed and posting increased and chatting died. Now posts and chat is minimal. I think that you can honestly mark the drop in participation around the time when Dustdevil passed away.