Thanks, Crystal. He is an awesome kid, and does well out in public. He made me very proud of him at the wedding. He is one of those kids where even his behavioral health techs are surprised when he has to be put in a therapeutic hold.
He is very logical, but when he rages, the logic flees or becomes very skewed.
There is a disconnect in the cause -> effect continuum for him. When he developed the tics (which are controlled with medication) 2 years ago, it really threw me in a tailspin. It was the first time his disability was really visible and he had an even harder time at school until we found the right med to control them.