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About a month ago, my little sweetheart was in Walmart, following an elderly man

with a walker.  She was audibly stating, " Come on, move it. "   I immediately told

her to stop. 

 

When we got out to the truck, I asked her if she remembered before we got her

stablized on meds, and how often she would go into meltdowns, receiving stares

and rude comments from our fellow humans in resturants, grocery stores, etc. 

While she did not remember much of it, she did acknowlege it had happened.  I

asked her if it was fair of others to hold her actions against her, since they

were beyond her control, and she said it was not.  I then asked her if an old

man who is crippled, perhaps by his age, or his service in war, needs to be

" told " that he is an annoyance to others.  She said it was not right.

 

She understood that we all have a right, and actually a duty to make judgements

about things in this world.  It is how in many respects, we survive.  She also

agreed that these are our opinions, and it does nothing to make the world better

to share them with those who offend us..

 

If a group member wants to say something that they feel, then, no matter if I

agree with it or not, I must respect their right to say it.  I can have an

opinion of its content, but not of the person speaking. 

 

I have an IEP meeting to prepare for next week, so I don't have much time to

write.  The wonderful school district is trying to pull my princess out of a

private school where she is thriving, and put her back into a regular classroom

where she will not do as well.  As always I will fight them tooth and nail.

 

I will close by saying that no one who raises an autistic child, puts them on

special diets, spends all their money on special therapies, and in doing so sets

their own life on hold deserves to be judged by others for their comments.  We

all live in glass houses my friends.