u/Independent-Darth

I normally post this on Facebook, but let’s face it FB isn’t what it use to be. I will be doing my autism rant here. Trigger warning if you are afraid of the truth, continue to scroll. Autism is not a disease or virus to be cured! Autism is not a “firmer hand will set them straight” kind of situation! It is not life destroying or life ending situations! It is hard. I have to watch my sons have a hard time dealing with issues typical people think everyone must know and accept. It is rewarding. I learn just as much from them as they do from me or my spouse. It is uplifting. My sons are the kindest people I know (well except their mom who stayed home and was the main parent in their lives). I just want the stares, the glares and the snap judgments to stop. Yes, they can get out of line…but then so do I once in a while. I MOST definitely wish idiots (cough RFK Jr cough) who don’t know anything about autism to stop trying to define it differently then the medical community. Want to know the sad part, most of my relatives never invited us anywhere and if they did, they just ignored us while we were there. Not because they thought they were troublemakers, but because of the autism. Which is one of the reasons why we just moved to a different state, not like my relatives paid attention to my sons anyway. It is time for the misinformation to stop! Want to know about autism, ask someone who has it or someone living/raising some one who does have it. Asking someone who hasn’t had any experience with autism is like asking a painter to make a workable rocket (could happen, unlikely, but still could happen). I also, through our autism community, have met people with autism who drive, hold jobs and yes, RFK Jr, they pay taxes! They should not pushed aside and ignored. Please think before you judge, you never know who is judging right back at you.