Disastrous Halloween

[Guest guest]

I'm one of those many parents in this group whose family members won't accept my

child's Asperger's/autism diagnosis. (I have one of each.) Halloween weekend

was the last straw for me. Long story short, my mother ended up screaming at my

8 y.o. Aspie son " You will eat everything on your plate even if I have to make

you sit at the table all night! "

I ended up having to physically shove her away from my son's chair, and the

situation deteriorated from there.

So I decided that I have had it. I'm sick of the bullying that my children

receive from family members who are too narrow-minded to understand and accept

them. DH and I have announced that we will NOT be attending the family

Christmas gathering. Instead, we have decided to spend the money we have saved

for replacing the broken back patio on a family trip to Mexico over Christmas so

our boys can see the ocean, play on the beach and swim with dolphins.

Needless to say, my family is furious and horrified and the nasty emails and

phone calls have not stopped.

Please someone on this list tell me that we are not horrible parents for

standing up for ourselves and saying enough is enough.

Patti