Reply #40: See my post #28 as to why it riles me so (being the original poster). [View All]

[Brotherjohn]

"Blaming the parents" didn't rate. But it IS one thing I might add after the fact.

Really, as the parent of a child on the Spectrum, doesn't it irk you when you overhear some bystander mutter "they need to give that kid a good whippin'" when they have no clue what you deal with all day, every day?

But if it's a factor at all for me, it's not so much what people might say about me as a parent, as the fact that it's a big indicator of the level to which people are ignorant of ASD's (from the bystander level up to government and funding, and even some doctors).

The same people who blame the parents say "they just didn't have a name for it back then".

Well, yes, they did. It was "institutionalized".

For the record, I am not an innocent victim of a conspiracy or coverup, I am GLAD my son got all of his vaccinations, and I don't let him watch too much TV. I am (or rather my son is) the victim of a neurological condition that is as yet not clearly defined, with an as yet unknown cause or cure, and none of that is really important. What is important is that he get the best treatment available, and the best treatments come from good research.