Good News
October 18, 2007 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
Just in from Tucker County: Jacob Allen has been found and he is well.
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YAY!!!!
Thank God!
That is GREAT news!!!!
Wow, I’m glad for him and his family this nightmare is over.
I heard it on the radio while driving home at 4:00 pm PDT and immediately thought, “Oh, Kristina’s heart will be lighter”. I am so happy for Jacob and his family.
As somebody who has spent a fair amount of time in the wilderness: All kids (neurodiverse and NT) should be taught, if possible: when I can’t see my family, I should sit down and hug a tree (or a bush).
YYYES!!
Obviously, a survivor. This is such good news for him and his family!
It’s been a while since I went browsing around on the S&H Channel. I thought about sending you an email when it first happened, but when thing’s are so local to me, I just assume they’re not of much interest to anyone else. Finally, tonight I came to your blog to find your email address so I could tell you about this situation and now, the good news.
And it warmed my heart to know that you were already on top of the story. You’re an excellent blogger, Kristina. *hug*
Speaking of hugs, that’s excellent advice Liz!
Charlie a tree-hugger—–hmmmm—– a reader sent in an email this afternoon: big sigh of relief!
thanks alicia and a big group hug for us all—and to be sent to Jacob and his family and everyone who was searching for him.
Amen. Now, if an NT child had been lost in the woods for 4 days, do you think he/she would get some counseling or therapy for trauma? So will Jacob get the same? I hope so. People sometimes think that because our kids (my kids) don’t say a lot (or anything) they don’t feel the same emotions inside. I think John Robison’s book pretty well shatters that delusion (I chose that word on purpose) as do the words of people like DJ Savarese, via his own form of communication. I would suggest craniosacral therapy for Jacob, because trauma can become lodged in the body tissue. And why not therapy using icons? Afraid. Sad. Cold. Hungry. Mom. Scared. Love. Happy. A billboard sized PECS icon for HOME and HAPPY. Amen.
I certainly hope some kind of counseling will take place. His family is on The Today Show this morning talking about the experience, and his mother said he was very active last night – not much sleep, in and out of the bed, etc. – but was eating well. I’m not very educated when it comes to autism, so I don’t know what, if any, typical sleeping patterns there are. Does this sound typical, or does it sound like some kind of reaction to what’s happened to him this week?
Ice cream party planned for Jacob, who spent the night in the hospital with his mother.
I am so happy for Jacob and his family! Although my child is now verbal, there was a time when she was not. During that time she also had no sense of danger — she’d run into traffic 50 times a day if she could. Back then I felt, as I have written in other places, that I was at the most basic possible level of parenting: Did my child die today? No? WHOO-HOO I did a good job. That was how I judged myself. Everything else was secondary. I do not think that parents of typical children understand what this is like. Other parents used to remark to me that they didn’t know where I got my energy, to chase my child so much and so often. Well, if you think your child might literally DIE if you don’t chase him or her, that tends to give one a big boost of energy.
I was also interested to read on a mainstream news site that Jacob was non-verbal and had the mental capacity of a 3-4 year old. I would be interested to know if he has taken a non-verbal IQ test. Based on just this incident — he seems pretty sharp to me. I wonder if, one day, if he has access to communication devices available now or in the future, he will tell his story.
He is clearly quite loved and valued by his family. I wish him and them nothing but happiness.
Thank God this young man was found alive and well and that it was not a tragic end. Bless him and his family.
I was also interested to read on a mainstream news site that Jacob was non-verbal and had the mental capacity of a 3-4 year old.
That’s the one part of the story that really bugged me — people really need to stop using those “age equivalents”. An 18-year-old is not a preschooler, autistic or not, and it’s misleading to suggest as such.