Hallelujah ~ Praise the Lord!

By Sandy on October 8, 2020

JOSIAH NO LONGER WEARS A HELMET!!!!!

Today is day 7 without that bulky face-masked obstruction hiding his handsome face. And, all it took was a trip to Florida.

If you know anything about Josiah you know it has been 3 years (how could it possibly be THREE years) that he has been wearing a padded helmet nearly every minute of every day.

He bathed in it, he slept in it, he ate in it. He lived in that thing. In fact, he needed several helmets so two could air out while one was on his head.

Over the past year or so there has been some success in removing the helmet for short periods of time. Depending upon who he was with and what he was doing, Josiah was even able to go 4-6 hours more recently without it.
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Thankfully, He Wears a Helmet

By Sandy on April 22, 2018

Josiah wears a batting helmet with a face guard. He wears it all day, every day. It’s big, bulky and cumbersome. It makes eating and drinking a bit more interesting, navigating around the metal guard, but it works.

It protects his face and ears from self injurious behavior.

Prior to the face guard, it was extremely difficult to protect Josiah from himself. For reasons still unknown, he constantly punched his ears and cheeks.

It’s heart wrenching to witness someone inflict self harm and not know how to help. When it’s your child it’s devastating, overwhelming and exhausting. It was beginning to feel hopeless.