Picked apart

[Guest guest]

I have watched the posts and have been very troubled at times, when I

joined this list I was under the belief that the mission statement was

that this was a place for, Parents and Providers,to discuss treatments

for autistic girls, an area to discuss all of the questions that keep

us all awake at night, when I saw that there were autistic females

that were members of the list, I was overjoyed, I was so hoping for

guidance, I wanted to listen and learn all that You were willing to share.

This seemed a wonderful thing to me, as I am the mother of a 5 year

old little girl that happens to have a diagnosis of autism, I struggle

daily as I watch my beautiful little girl, I see the beauty in the

disorder as well as seeing the fact that I will not be here forever

and knowing that I obviously want to do my absolute best to make sure

that she makes as many gains as God sees fit.

I have been surprised by the amount of anger that I have seen, the

fact that a simple post by a member can bring an onslaught of

profanity or that someone questioning bio medical can be sliced off at

the knees as though they are committing child abuse.

I think that obviously there are always two sides to every subject,

and yet I believe that ANYONE that is here on behalf of their child,

obviously loves that child and is trying to find the right way, for

that very reason they should be shown every bit of respect that we

all can muster.

Even if we do not agree with what they are saying...........

Dont we all face enough in our lives, to not have to worry about being

picked apart here?