Any ideas
My son is 22 with DS. He was doing great until about age 7 when he caught an auto immune infection which pretty much zapped his head clean and left him with tons of ticks… among other things he is stubborn as hell.
He’s been on meds for years and did get better but started regressing again about 3 yrs ago to the point we cant send him to adult day services.
Anyway… his main thing is his iPad and staying in his room. Thats where he is happy- tho I take him swimming 3-4 days a week which he loves.
So we live in the Cincinnati area and we get tornado emergencies a few times a year.
We can’t get him into the basement when the sirens sound… it’s maddening he won’t budge. He’s 300 lbs and strong as an ox.
Last week the sirens went off late and even tho he was awake he wouldn’t leave his room… I pleaded with him, threatened and begged…nothing works.
It’s so stressful.. this has been going on since last summer and we are at our wits end.
I was considering building him a shelter in his closet but I doubt he’d even get out of bed to get in there.
If he doesn’t want to do something it’s not happening.
He is under treatment for OCD now but 6 months in and the meds haven’t done a thing. So likely moving on and trying another diagnosis/treatment soon. There is a lot more to it but that’s the gist.
So- any ideas?
How can we get him to the basement??
I see “Weather Alert” on the tv and I start sweating.