On the infamous autism epidemic....

[conuly]

Not news.

In other news, a post about Neurodiversity and then some, by griffen.

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Don't waste your breath with me, I'm one of those evil parents that wants their child to live independently, maybe talk, maybe not self harm, stupid shit like that.

So really, I'm just too dumb to comprehend, even all this time later. But thanks for trying!

Right now I have decided I don't give a (insert various profanities here) what the autistic community wants to do with my kid, and life has been AMAZING since that happened. It's great when you let go, seriously.

I do want to see the proof in adults, not that I do ABA, but I've only seen parents rally against it, nothing about adults who been through it. Since I don't do ABA though it doesn't really matter. I have to stop worrying about all these theories and do what works. Fixing. Whatever. I'm not going to argue semantics, I'm going to improve his life, just like I do for the other two. He isn't subhuman and deserves as much of a shot at life as my other kids and I won't let politics keep him down. Not that it ever COULD, of course. It's just the internet.

[conuly]

I've never seen parents rally against ABA. All I've seen are autistics saying it harmed them.

And I can assure you, Griffen wants the same things you do for your kid.

You've been getting more and more frustrated-sounding in the past few months. Seriously. Take a breath, okay? It's worrying me.

Don't reply until you've taken that breath and have stepped back and thought, okay? Because you and Griffen might not be friends, but you're both my friends, and I don't want drama on my journal. I do not currently have the capacity to deal with it.