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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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
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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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kike123 0
yea you're not ignorant, but you sure are arrogant about your accomplishments.
theshinepolice 0
pimpin88 always does trollish comments. :/ such a shame
Hazy_fml 0
I can see why you would feel offended, I would as well. And with kids these days, that's certainly not the first assumption I would come to.
sadlife_fml 4
i agree with #82. my sister is mentally and physically disabled and i've ripped up a few people from mocking her or other people with disabilities. if someone tore me up while i was in public with my sister for her mocking their family, i might be mad at first, but you forgive pretty quickly. ignorance is everywhere - my sympathies to the OP for living in the states. talk about rampant.
roasbelle 0
yeah lets just talk the kids that have mental disabilities out of being disabled.......if that actually worked.....autism wouldnt be a problem now would it? andddd you sure you're so mature- you have to brag about all your "accomplishments" that have nothing to do with what we're talking about here. no one cares what you do.
hannahbanana11 0
honestly i would of done the same thing. my son ha down syndrome so i can relate.
chipperpanda 0
Autism is not a sickness. Thanks.
sadlife_fml 4
difference between you and a child with autism: you can defend yourself physically and verbally. often they can't. people with disabilities get taken advantage of and physically, verabally, and emotionally abused ALL THE TIME. and it's by people like you - who think defending themselves is their own problem. if your brother is dead, fine. but don't you dare try to understand people and their families living with mental disabilities, because you never, ever will.
theshinepolice 0
he's not doing a frickin death panel to start and seriously, just because someone is autistic does not mean they aren't wanted.
chipperpanda 0
People, seriously, cut the OP some slack here. It was stated "fed up with children mocking my son" it clearly shows that this type of thing happens often and it seems to be the straw that broke the camel's back. I cannot say for certain, but it seems to me like the OP does not go up and lecture people every time someone mocks her son - this could have happened to be one too many times for the OP to sit quietly. Also, nobody should judge unless they're in the same situation. People can say all they want about how they would theoretically handle these situations, but unless you have a child with a disability you cannot honestly say how you would react.