I've got to start somewhere...

Verdant forest. Clear mind. Pure heart. Autism. I am the father of a 17-year old boy diagnosed with ASD, high-functioning but not far from a hapless baby. We are currently in his second meltdown (the first was two years ago) and he has been placed under medication. Up until six months ago, hopes were high. He successfully completed a grueling 4-hour college entrance exam with hundreds of total strangers at the nearby university. A few days later, tragedy struck that forced us to evacuate our home and stay temporarily elsewhere. The new environment and drastic change of schedule threw him back into the Dark Ages. Medication has at least helped him relax and he is now able to sleep soundly. confidence is slowly building up which brings in new problems. 17 years old isn't exactly angelic. Hormones are peaking and he's definitely full of it. He's lying through his teeth blatantly, always making non-sensical excuses and worse of all has developed complete resistance to every parenting move we've done. This blog would probably serve as a journal but more of an escape for future reference in a third person point-of-view. I'm hoping this would help me more than anyone else out there going through the same grinds that parents with autistic children can only understand. Thank you.