What to say to a remark like this?

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I was diagnosed with AS back in 2007 after struggling with an Eating Disorder. My mother at the time called her family because she needed somebody to talk to. She told me a few days ago that one of her cousins told her I was struggling because I "wasn't raised correctly" and that if we had gone to Church regularly when I was little I wouldn't have these issues. She basically made it sound like I and my family are being punished because we were not faithful to the Lord. I always knew people like this existed, but never did I think one of these people would be in my own family, let alone a person I felt very close to.

A few years ago I called her several times to see if I could fly out. I even contacted her daughters and asked them to have her call me. Guess what? Nobody answered and nobody called back. I would really like to see them, but I think they think I am a sinner and a monster and a bad influence on their children.

The thing I find funny is that I am Christian. I pray to God, I read the Bible, I am looking for a Church, and guess what? I'M STILL AUTISTIC!

This really goes to show how uninformed people are, in this day and age where information is readily available.

So what would you say if somebody told you you were Autistic because you are being punished?

So what would you say if somebody told you you were Autistic because you are being punished?

I have said:

"Evidence, please? Show me where it says that in the Bible. Did God tell you that, or are you making this up as you go along? Then let me tell you a story: As Jesus went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.

“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

That's from the ninth chapter of John's Gospel. It shows how infirmities are given so that God's glory may be revealed in the infirm. So are you going to glorify God, or are you going to continue blaspheming against His will?"

Usually, I don't get past the "... works of God..." part before the hypocrite catches on. Then they go away. This makes me happy.