Dad shames friends for excluding his son from parties

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This is a Sisyphian (sic?) struggle, to rage against the stigma of ASDs which can be especially painful in the formative years...but I say good on this one father who lashed out on social media to those who excluded his son from being invited to kids birthday parties due to his autism. The comments posted are very divided, to say the least, but there is a lot of positive support for him - however, predictably, some comments rebuke the father for being an a***ole in his tone and suggest that *he* is the reason for his son not being invited. Sadly, I can see the parents of the other kids taking his abrasive tone as a pretext for washing their hands of it...when I see his indignation as more than just!! !

“Right this has been brewing for some time so here it goes and you can like it or f***ing well lump it. My son Reilly has autism not f***ing leprosy; he is six-years-old and my so-called friends who have kids also have kid’s parties.”

He continued, “Not ONE invite not f***ing one. Think about that whilst you go and f*** yourselves; you have any idea how hurtful that is? Just for the record in future don’t bother he’s not an afterthought he’s my every f***ing thought.”

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I hope this doesn't backfire on him, and on his little boy.

He's going down to the kids' levels, unfortunately. It might reap results, it might not.

I do understand his anger, though. And it was brave of him to at least make the attempt.

I know the feeling all too well. I was frequently not allowed in my best friends' house because there was "something wrong" with me.

I sometimes wonder if there is more to the story. Excluding someone because of their disability is pretty f****d up but what do you do if a child has a behavior or doesn't follow the rules and they are hard to control and be redirected? People will then not want that kid around. The dad did admit the boy has difficult behavior. I don't know if that impacts others or not around him. https://honey.nine.com.au/2017/11/10/08 ... g-autistic


There seems to be a teasing gene in my family because my dad teases, my uncle teased, my mom's brother teased, their dad teases, my dad's father teased, my other uncle teases. I teased but I didn't know when to stop so parents didn't want their kids playing with me or wanted me around and my mom felt sad for me. She never once blamed the parents or throw a pity party like some special needs parents do. But at least I was able to be redirected and be told how to act and what the rules were and I would be fine. If some kids can't do that, of course they will be excluded. There is either more to the story or the people are that cruel as the parents make it out to be.