Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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My Child Has Autism, What's Your Problem?
Over the last few months I have noticed that as soon as you say you have a child with autism people run a mile, they stop talking to you and treat you as an outsider. Why ?, I’m no different to when you used to talk to me.
Why does the word AUTISMscare people, yes its a different world and you have to learn a new way of life to cope with the child but they have so much to give. My son who is now 6 and autistic couldn’t talk till he was 4 years old but when he smiled at me it just melted my heart as I could see all the emotion behind it. It really gets me why people talk to me then as soon as I say I have a son who is autistic they run a mile. All I can say that is your loss I am never going to not talk about autism as it is something I am a very passionate about.
If you don’t like the word autism then that is your problem, oh and by the way you won’t catch it if you stand next to me honest but if thats what you think!!!. I have come to terms with being a social outcast because my kids are different to the neurotypical. Since my son was diagnosed at 3 years old I have slowly lost my friends, its always I am a bit busy at the moment when I ring them up. I will ring you back, you know what they never do ring back . Then you make new friends everything seems fine them out of blue they don’t ring, text or say hello as much as they used to, they have found a new gang of friends. They forget how you sat there listening to them hour after hour after they had split up with their partner. Funny that how you get cast aside, so easily.
Autism is not a bad word just different just like the children that are autistic are different and don’t conform to the norm.
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Comments (3)
I don't know what people is so afraid of autism. These autistic people are still able to function and live with the society. It's not like autism is contagious.
@reckless_eagle@xanga - "I don't know what people is so afraid of autism. These autistic people are still able to function and live with the society. It's not like autism is contagious."
Good points. Maybe some people are afraid of autism because they first hear about it from jerks who lie about autism by claiming "you have to accept how I treat you because I have autism and it makes me better than you and if you don't like whatever I do you're a neurotypical sheep." So, the first impression of autism they get is the rude behavior those jerks who claim to have autism dish out, not the quirky and harmless behavior of some other people who actually do have autism.
my son has autism his mother and i are divorced should he have the same rules at his mothers house that i have for him