WTF?

[conuly]

I can honestly state that I've never felt the temptation to compare autism to cancer. In fact, I've never felt the temptation to compare anything to cancer except, perhaps, cancer. Do I need to run through my list of why Autism Is Not Comprable To Cancer again? Because I will if I have to.

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In the example she's pointing out, that's not logic of any sort, it's just plain stupidity.

What it really is plain old self-centeredness. These are the complaints of people who probably had a child for all the wrong reasons to begin with (having a kid so that you have someone to love you counts as a wrong reason, in my book), then got all disappointed when they didn't get the adorable, cheerful moppet they were expecting.

I can understand someone having issues at first with having an autistic kid. If you're NT, it would make communicating with your child that much more than a challenge. But it isn't the total tragedy these people are making it out to be either.

Grr.