Today, I was at the park with my autistic son when I noticed a teenage girl imitating him by flapping her hands and walking on her toes. Fed up with children mocking my son, I went over and sternly lectured the girl's mother. Turns out, her daughter is autistic too and will be in my son's class. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had to deal with a lady who claimed her son was autistic to try and skip the queue. Even her son was saying he’s not autistic, and she was screaming in his face that yes he was. I happen to be genuinely autistic. Security threw her out, and I was jealous that I didn’t get to do it. FML
Today, I took my child to the park. Having been there an hour, another mum came up to me and we started talking. She then told me that one kid had been harassing her children, pointing to my child. When she asked which one was mine I pointed to a random kid. It was hers. FML
Today, I took my kids to the beach. My autistic son decided it was a good idea to pretend he was drowning. I tried to tell onlookers he was fine and not to worry. My son popped out of the water and laughed hysterically at them. FML
Today, I was shopping when I overheard a woman telling an employee that she was buying an iPad for her 5-year-old son. Annoyed, I turned around and ranted about how he should have more age appropriate toys. Then she explained that her son is autistic and will be using the iPad to communicate. FML
Today, I was ecstatic my autistic son went on a play date. It went wonderfully and my son was happier than he’s ever been. Sadly, the dad was such a damn creep he hit on me every time the kids were out of earshot. I don’t want my son to lose his only friend but the dad makes me so uncomfortable. FML
Today, my high school speech therapist introduced me to the other autistic kid in school without fully informing either of us. We got into a fist fight because we each thought the other guy was imitating us. FML
Today, my son's first impression of our new neighborhood was to be yelled at by the first kid he tried to introduce himself to, because my son was on the edge of their lawn. Half-an-hour later, I got a lecture at the corner store, because the clerk thinks vaccinations caused my son's autism. FML
Today, my 4-year-old daughter stood up to a bully in the mall. I was the one who was getting bullied. FML
Today, while out walking with my son in a stroller, a couple passed by and the girl smiled sweetly at him. It made me really happy, until we'd passed and I heard her say, "What? You're supposed to smile at babies, even if they look weird." FML
Today, a girl I'd been crushing on for a little while and I were talking about autism. Some of the last words she said were "I try to not find autistic people so fucking annoying, but I can't help it. But can you blame me?” I'm autistic. FML
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Ligerie 0
Sooo thats good right? under the circumstances? They can be friends =]
sovietkitsch 0
I understand why you'd be mad.. A close family member of mine is autistic and it makes me very angry if people imitate him.
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HWR924 0
Im autistic and I dont act that way your son was probably has severe autism I have the other kind you know the kind where you have the disease but you act normal
crazyghost7 0
YDI for having a "stern lecture"
miskui 0
First off, for uninformed people out there making comments on something they have no idea about, be quiet. You have no idea what troubles go on in familes with those on the autism spectrum. 2nd - It's so nice to see someone take a light to autism instead of the belittling shit that us families with those on the spectrum have to deal with all the time. My mom and I had a good laugh over this one; I hope that you two become good friends. Networking with parents is good when it comes to IEP's and everything - you two can help each other out a lot.
rainbowgrl89 0
hey the same situation happened to me except we were the ones that got yelled at...my school went to mcd and we have all autisitic kids but its hard to tell we had a pretty high functioning group but they have their ticks and just stems that they do and this mother had her autistic child with her and our kids started to stem and make noises and stuff and i guess she was too and the mom flipped out on us for "mocking" her daughter...after she was done we explained to her that we are all teachers to a group of autistic kids she thought we were just a group of teenagers making fun of her daughter...she felt so bad that i felt bad because we kinda got mean with her because of the shit she said in front our kids that most some what understood what was going on...
mzmaverickd 7
That's not that bad tho at least you stood up for your son.
jumperdreams 0
@#118 thank you someone finally agrees with me that Borat wasnt funny neither was Bruno (dont get upset people its my opinion) and screwtaylor, i understand you were trying to be funny but the topic of autism and Down Syndrome isn't a very light one and people take real offense even if it is a joke. It was a very poor decision and I think from now on you should think before you post a comment, especially about a little boy with a neurological disorder.
jumperdreams 0
@#111 i really dont have to say much because people will understand when i say you a stupid-ass ****** up bitch
Paige_Nicole10 0
i think its really horrible when people make fun of retarted people (all mental retardations included) but you cant expect everyone to be tolerent and accepting, its just not the world we live in. if you go around lecturing everyone that pokes fun, it wont do any good and they will mock you also. im sorry but i speak the truth i know how people really hate it on here when i do. but deff fyl
CaptainCrunch_fml 0
No...guys...I think this guy might be ******* with all of us...I just find it incredibly hard to believe that anyone is this ******* ignorant and immature. So maturity=being on "the 3 popular best sports for my high school"....I mean I really can't believe that anyone is this ******* stupid. No one gives a flying **** about your ******* IQ or your "fantastic" business skills. That might be your IQ, but I really doubt it, and you may be book-smart but your common sense and life skills are ZERO. You just DON'T ******* get it. You say the mom was being an activist. Do you read? She wasn't being an activist dipshit SHE WAS DEFENDING HER SON. She thought someone was making fun of him because it happens all the ******* time. It's hard to sit there and just let someone make fun of someone you love. They do understand when they're being made fun of. And it DOES hurt them. AND THEN you say she's sheltering him and not letting him experience the world; that she's hurting him in the end by doing what she did. That she should, instead of allowing the arm-flapping and all of their behavior go on, teach him to be "normal". That's what really got me. They can't be taught, you ******* stupid, ignorant, piece of shit, uneducated little boy, to not behave in this way. That's like tell an amputee to just learn how to grow his leg back. For the record, I'm not being an "activist" when I defend mentally challenged people. I defend anybody I believe is being treated badly or when they don't deserve it. No one should ever be made fun of because of something they can't help. Oh. And just because your ******* brother died doesn't mean that nobody else ******* matters. Everyone has their problems. Just because your relative is dead doesn't make your problem any worse than everyone else's. And vice versa. but Your brother is dead, he is not suffering, you are! The difference between you and the OP is that you are suffering, and she is suffering AS WELL AS her son. You're just bitching away at the OP like she can help that her son is the way he is. Why don't you grow up, and try to understand the OP's difficult situation, just like so many people here are sympathizing with you about your brother even though you're an immature little prick.
brainthebamf 0
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA FAIL!