Family boundaries and celebrations: Why exclusion from a dinner plan led to a difficult decision regarding a birthday event

staff scrambled back, shouting.

“We can’t control him!” a handler yelled, stumbling backward.

“Pull Mr. Walker out now!” Halvorsen barked over the noise. “Sedate the dog!”

Karen grabbed Ethan’s arm, her grip painful. “Please, Ethan. Please. If you stay, they’ll shoot him with the tranquilizers. Or worse. You have to de-escalate this.”

Ethan hesitated, continue reading …