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
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
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.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (239)
leahsmom 0
I wouldnt be to worried, with her having a child with autism she too is probably used to watching others mock her child and probably hurts her and she gets fed up with it too. If anything she probably can see where you did come from. Possibly you two will see each other more since your children go to school together and can relate and have someone who has a child who is going through the same thing to talk too.
lmfao25 0
CaptainCrunch, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. That is everything I had to say to that ******* worthless cum stain #39 and so much more. You are a genius. My brother is autistic as well, and he is my world. He is my everything and I respect and love and wholeheartedly agree with every sentence you wrote. Thank you.
LordKoin772 0
You assumed too much, let this be a lesson for you, YDI
CheeseTacos 9
Of course. Because if someone is mocking your son for having autism you take everything into account and don't do anything so that they can do it to more kids. Great idea.
wiccanhockey 0
#39, I totally agree. A while a go a friend and i were in a mall elevator with someone with autism. That person started smacking his hands on the glass right on top of my friend and she put on that scared smile that I knew really meant "omg this guy is gonna kill me." The mother however thought we were making fun of him. We weren't. I hate when people assume the world is out to get them because their child is mentally challenged. How would you react if someone started smacking the surface right next to your head?
mollyjynxjax 28
**** off! You have no idea what it's like to care for someone with a disability! People make fun of them all the time. Get the **** over yourself!
ichat21 9
hmm u kinda deserve this 1 just a lil but i still voted FYL i cant imagine how tough that must be 2 hav a special needs child. However, you should have handled by going over and POLITELY informing the child's mother about ur son. If she hadn't been autistic, she wouldnt rly hav a way of knowing about ur son.
3P0N1N3 0
Hm. I thought making fun of anyone was bad, regardless of whether they were mentally challenged or not. Silly me, how could I ever think something like that?
evilbrent 0
think first next time.
DanizzleXFoSho 6
obviously you yourself have some kind of pent-up issues regarding your brothers death. Stop being a heart-less asshole and telling people to let their AUTISTIC son "fend for themselves." are you ******* mentally challenged yourself? Captain Crunch said it all. You're a ******* heartless idiot. Getting made fun of in organized sporting events is COMPLETELY different from being made fun of because you have mental problems. Go shove a lacrosse stick up your ass.
Angel12408 0
You are such an ass. My sister is autistic and you know what? she does realize when people are making fun of her. such as the thirteen year old girls that threw tennis balls at her at the pool one day. You have no right to be so judgemental. The OP was just trying to protect her child. I'm sorry about your brother but would he approve of you being such a dick? THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK
ch90 0
this isn't an fml. it's just a funny coincidence. you should be glad she wasn't mocking your child like you originally thought.
leisl14 0
no one thinks your jokes are funny you rude, immature, ignorant bitch