I have mentioned that we try to give Anthony latitude in regard to choosing what to wear.  But that continues to present challenges for us.  For instance, he has come out of his room several times ready for the day wearing some pajamas we recently put in his drawer.  They are nice, even stylish, pajamas, but they aren't something that Anthony can wear to school.  Of course, Anthony doesn't understand that, and he can get upset when we make him change into something else.

Speaking of something else, since Anthony has a tendency to rip his T-shirts when upset, we have built up quite a varied collection of them through thrift store purchases and donations of used ones from extended family.  But rather than choose T-shirts randomly from his drawer, we have noticed Anthony quite often chooses from the two or three shirts related to the college our family roots for, even rummaging through his drawer to get to them.  I'm not exactly sure what to make of that.  They are all different in design and don't feature the school's logo prominently.  The colors are all the same, but he does have other shirts with the same color.  So, does he understand the writing on them?  Does he, unbeknownst to us, enjoy watching the football games with us?  I have no idea.  

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Another clothing issue has surfaced recently: I discovered Anthony is taking off his socks and putting them back in his drawer rather than in the laundry.  Surely enough, when I checked his drawer, it was apparent that none of them were clean.  

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I also wrote recently that Anthony had ripped off a toilet seat in one of his rages, so I replaced it with another.  I was actually happy to do that, because the previous one had not been the same color as the toilet itself, and always looked out of place.  Well, I attached a new seat that nicely matched the toilet, but I came home the other day and found it cracked.  That of course is due to Anthony yet again, being upset and bouncing up and down on it.  It's uncomfortable for all involved--including Anthony--but it still works.  I guess we will bear with it until he damages it further and renders it unusable.