*stares*

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Remember this woman? The one who suffocated her son? I will agree that there should've been more help. But the way these articles are written....

She had put her life on hold for more than three decades to care for Patrick

So, because she can't live her life, she's the one suffering (not him)?

On the day she killed him, her son had been listening to the same Elton John CD for the whole day, and screaming "Elton".

I hope, I really do, that there was a lot more going on, that the article is written by a couple of inebriated monkeys. Because in my books, the fact that somebody is playing the same music over and over again is *not* a justification for murder. Not even the kind of murder you feel really bad about afterwards. To write a sentence that begins to imply that is completely unconscionable. Oh, yeah, we've all had those moments where we've said "if I hear that again...", but when you actually *mean it*, it's time to call 911 (or the British equivilant) and say "Send over the police, I'm about to snap".

If Markcrow's case was a one-off, we could perhaps just express our horror, and then turn our attention to the next news item.

Nobody's expressed horror. All I've heard is "oh, that poor dear".

But it's less than two years since Bill and Wendy Ainscow took sleeping pills and walked into the sea in Tenerife after years of caring for their daughter, who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome and can't stop spending money.

Yeah... their adult daughter who says she doesn't hold that diagnosis, and who, regardless, has adult parents who should have, before attempting suicide (and advising her to do the same!) have stopped giving her money. Pay her rent, buy her food if you're so worried about her and feel you must, but you don't hand money to people who'll spend it on junk.

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This doesn't have so much to do with the articles you posted, but rather something related, sort of.

My son has Aspergers. Right now I'm going through something with him that is extremely difficult. Out of respect to his privacy, I'm not going to be specific on what happened, but his school is furious and talking legal action. My son and I are going through incredible anguish, right now.

Anyway, I know you run a community on Autism. Through your community, I have found two communities for families that have a family member that has some form of Autism. My son and I aren't alone.

I really needed this. :)

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No, you're not alone. It feels that way sometimes, I know, but you're not alone.

I don't know what your son did, and don't want to know if you two don't want to talk about it, but I do have a question or two. Is he physically ok? And are you?

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Yeah, physically we are fine. Mentally, this is taking it's toll. Thank you, though; it feels good to know I'm not alone.