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
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my new neighbors moved in. I was assured that it would be a family with two teenagers. The young children playing in the front yard suggested otherwise. This wouldn’t be so bad if I wasn’t autistic, and sensitive to the sounds of screaming kids. FML
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
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 son to the playground and watched him have fun. Minutes later, I was being shoved around and called a pedophile because I was there alone with no wife. By the time I convinced them I was innocent, my son was bawling. FML
Today, I found out why people in my new neighborhood keep giving me weird looks. For a laugh, my brother had gone around telling them I'm a parolee, and implying that I couldn't be trusted around their children. FML
Today, my father-in law-shared his opinion that autistic kids should be beaten until they act normal. He saw fit to share this while my autistic son was having a meltdown because my father-in-law came to the house without warning, and my son violently hates visitors without prior warning. 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, 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, my son told me that some kids had been picking on him at school. When I asked him to elaborate, he said that kids sometimes didn't say "Hi" back when he greeted them. 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
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rosslynch553 16
Vaccines aren't bad! They prevent serious outbreaks of diseases. They dont cause autism!
Daniven36 12
I thought Canada was supposed to be nice?
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Comments (49)
RageWolf16 31
I'm so ******* sick of anti-vaccers
kowsee 22
I have two kiddos on the spectrum, one showed signs super early on in life and my second son showed more significant signs little after 2years old. It never coincided with their vaccine schedule. Got to love the crazy people who believe anything they read on the interwebs lol. Op Im sorry that was your welcome to the area.... Awareness is all you can do, and stand up for your kiddo. As Im sure you do! From one mother with kiddo(s) on the spectrum to another, hug!
Bunnyluver 20
So did the clerk just assume your son was autistic? If kids were yelling at me for no reason, I'd be shocked first, too.
tj4234 36
ASD stands for Autistic Spectrum Disorder. OP's username is ProudASDmom, meaning her son has Autism. If her son is low functioning, it is likely his Autism is visible.
Bunnyluver 20
Ok, thank you for that! I normally don't pay close attention to the names...
kittykittyrun 29
My son has nonverbal autism. Before he was diagnosed, my exes sister tried to tell me he would "catch" autism from watching too much tv.
LostInTheZone11 29
My philosophy on Anti-Vaxxers. It's your choice to not vaccinate, but you should be denied from a hospital for any treatment. Why should they waste their valuable resources from Big Pharma on people who hate Big Pharma?
suznmar 16
Time to move again
clickme 17
Welcome Home! Lol. Sorry for you sometimes the craziest stuff happens first. It's bound to get better from here
Zombinosh77 11
As if a lecture was going to undo the damage if it were true. It's difficult enough as it is for the autist and parents alike.
Snapdragon289 6
If they say that again say "So then you got the shot I see?" And dont worry there must be some ups to that area
tj4234 36
Didn't realise being vaccinated caused me to be different.