Tag: Ben

• Dumping Soda

  Ben came home from respite dysregulated. He was not done at the park and requested it multiple times in the past few hours. He sat in the car to protest that we are not taking him anywhere. He requested a bath and got one. He has requested the Soda Fairy and gotten that. Sadly he…

  Mark

  July 25, 2025

  collaboration, rant

  Ben, carpet, dysregulated, medication, NO, soda, words have power

• Electrician

  All the lights are back on. It took four or five hours for the electrician to fix most of it. The main breaker was expired, the thermal photo rated it at 180 degrees Fahrenheit, so it had to be replaced. That is a temporary fix. Replacing it with a new one will take a whole…

  Mark

  July 24, 2025

  collaboration, rant

  basement, Ben, breakers, electrician, landlady, mom, solution

• Broken Breaker

  Tonight as he often does Ben requested a light bulb. Stephanie changed the one that dysregulated him but it did not turn back on. As I examined the situation I noticed that several other lights were out. I went down and one of the breakers in our electrical box had tripped. I switched it back…

  Mark

  July 23, 2025

  collaboration, rant

  Ben, breaker, broken, dysregulated, electrical box, light bulbs, Stephanie