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Working on a Series of Posts about Autism Stories

We are working on a series of posts titled Voices of Parents with Autistic Kids – The Truth as We Know It. As such we need your stories. If you could tell one story about your child with Autism, what would it be? Names will be changed to protect your identity. Since the tragedy in Newtown, more news stories are being posted regarding whether or not the killer had Aspergers Syndrome. The same applies to the college campus killing in Wyoming a couple of months ago. So we are working to dispel the negative imagery that is being associated with people who have autism. There are even reports attempting to tie the killer to a childhood vaccine adverse reaction. We understand that people need answers. But we also understand that we don’t want them using our kids’ diagnosis as a scapegoat. The killer may have had a mental illness. He

I am going to use the R word.

[kc_background_pac_3_underline_3 size=”35″ color=”#000000″ ]Reprehensible[/kc_background_pac_3_underline_3]. I can define reprehensible, or you can look it up over at Dictionary.com. Talk of gun control legislation without talk of Mental Health service expenditures is reprehensible. We can not have one conversation without the other. It would be irresponsible of our society to assume that guns are solely to blame, just like it is irresponsible to automatically assume that Autism is what caused the horrible tragedy in Newtown. I think that in time, the killer will show through records that he had severe mental health issues above and beyond an autism diagnosis. Autism is not the cause here. I am certain that I will receive hate mail for this. I seriously doubt that there will be significant legislation that with-stands constitutionality tests by the Supreme Court. Whatever law our congress comes up with will be debated for years. Now, I am not saying that gun

positive thoughts about David

Met with the team about David today. Largely, the meeting was positive in nature. Working on the same issues of stealing, and aggression. Some days it is one step forward and two steps back, but he is working hard. Can’t ask for more than that right now. They had to make some changes to locks on cupboards and closets because David figured out how to pick the locks that were there. They also made it a rule that morning stuff has to be done before breakfast. You know, make your bed, brush your teeth, pick up your room – that kind of thing. Staff isn’t allowed to carry cell phone into the cottage now, less temptation for David that way. Seriously looking at putting the whole family into family counseling. They offer it, so it would be a matter of making the trip up there for services. One evening a