Now we're being told not to judge the mom "too quickly".

Oh, lordy....

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I've never raised a kid, NT or not. Watching the niecelings doesn't count. I can tell you that some days, Ana's behaviour leaves so much to be desired that I can't wait for the day to end, though. I'd never *kill* her over that - even if the day would never effectively end for me. And if I did, as she's never been diagnosed with anything, I'm sure nobody would write touching letters to the newspaper telling people not to judge me too quickly. Probably, they'd write touching letters telling people that I deserved to be sent to all kinds of hell for hurting a child.

Of course, should I write to the newspaper and tell them that, I'm sure the reply would be "It's not the same! You don't understand!"

So... anybody raising a "child with special needs" (autism favored) care to step up to the plate and reply to this letter for me?

It's not about this mom, her fate is pretty much sealed. I doubt there'll be any surprises there. It's about the rest of the world's attitudes.

http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/writeus.shtml

Note to the world:

I'm never ordering pizza again while watching Ana. She's clearly got some dairy-related issues. She was fine, if a bit hyper, until we had the pizza. Then she was hyper and incredibly high strung and unable to do even simple things (like ask "Can I have that please?" rather than snatching a toy from your hands simply because you'd happened to pick it up while she did something else).

Granted, we'd been inside all day due to the periodic thunderstorms - but his was completely over the top, and it's something I've tentatively noticed before. I think I can consider it confirmed, and do my part to make Jenn's house completely, instead of mostly, dairy-free.