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)
Kramer1998 20
Move away, that neighbourhood sounds autistic
Psyseon 22
Firstly, thank you for being a proud mother of your ASD child. And that clerk needs to be told to **** himself. That's been disproven and is just plain rude. I hope your son can learn to like the neighborhood.
gio1272ify 13
I'm not allowed to have vaccines because of a order due to me having sickle cell trait (from my mom) and lupus (from my dad) it would be dangerous for me to get a vaccine.
gio1272ify 13
where did you move to
JohnnyWake0 13
Oh I would have to burn that whole neighborhood down
repKyle95 24
That clerk needs to be fired, nobody that ******* stupid should have a job. Growing up with autism is hard enough, having people thinking that you are essentially better off dead is even worse. Anti-vaxxers need to get the **** off this planet.
FunSize85 6
it'll get better...
NostalgiaFreak9 43
People who believe vaccines cause autism need to **** off and die. I myself am not autistic, and I may have hated getting vaccines as a child, but I'm thankful that my parents aren't stupid enough to believe that bullshit and got me vaccinated.
IHaveThePower 18
Run screaming and find another place to live. That one ain't salvageable.