Another kid killed for being autistic.

Lemme tell you, there's *no* bias at all in this article. None!

Well... maybe just a little.

Like in the very first paragraph:

Three-year-old Katherine McCarron had retreated into her own autistic world Saturday when her mother, Dr. Karen McCarron, decided she wanted to “end her pain and Katie’s pain,” according to a Tazewell County Court record obtained by the Journal Star on Wednesday.

Aside from the really sloppy sentence structure (Saturday, she suddenly became autistic and left this world (in two senses)? Uh....), this sentence is designed to predispose you to feel sympathy for the mother (the poor dear) and pity for the child who's better off in the afterlife than in "her own autistic world".

Graff said Karen McCarron acted alone and her husband was out of town.

“It was Mother’s Day weekend, which makes it even more tragic,” Graff said.

Oh, yes. That poor mother, with nothing to do on Mother's day but kill her child. It's just a tragedy that she had to do this on Mother's day instead of, say, the following week.

Karen McCarron is certified in anatomic and clinical pathology as well as dermatopathology, the study of the causes and nature of skin diseases.

Not at all relevant. Unless it's supposed to make us think that she's well-educated and deserves a break (after all, she only has one surviving daughter, and it's so horrible to lose your child).

Ana's come up with a new game.

She'll take her books (or today she used chairs), line them up evenly (as neatly as possible, none turned at an angle), and walk across them several times. I think it's supposed to be a bridge. Occasionally they're spaced out a bit and she jumps.

She also will take the labels off her drawers and tape them neatly to the window in rows. I have *no idea* what's up with that.

I think it's rather cute. I spent a lot of my childhood walking around rooms by climbing on the furniture (or, for gaps, on strategically placed books), and sorting (then re-sorting) my toys and crayons - first by color, then by size, then by type.... And it keeps her nicely occupied for several minutes.

The baby has officially learned to crawl. We now have consistent motion and locomotion. Yay?

Two editorials about that little girl...

Written by the same person... interesting.

The first article

( Read more... )

And the second.

( Read more... )

According to these editorials, the girl's mom is a veritable saint. Well, we can wrap this one up. I'll post again about it when the verdict's in. Not like I can't see where it's all going.