Another autistic child killed by a parent. "Not surpris

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I don't understand why people even charged them with abandonment. Even if you go through an agency, it can take weeks to get a caregiver willing to do the job. They pretty much wanted what was best for him, and they tried to get him help in the way they knew how. Not even people with money can secure a caregiver and/or nurse at some of these agencies.

Honestly, I don't see why someone even commented in the story that it's irrational. It's pretty rational. This is what parents are supposed to do before they lose hope and kill themselves and their children. Money has nothing to do with it in this case. Even money couldn't get them the help when they needed it (which was asap). I also don't understand what having 2 BMWs and a house that is valued at a little over 180k has to do with anything. Are people implying money is the only issue in caring for disabled children? Also, if you are poor, what are you supposed to do? I'm not sure of PA laws regarding abandonment. I know you can give babies up in a lot of states and not be charged, but do you have to do it a specific way for older children? What if you don't have time for the paperwork? What if you need to get your child to a safe place NOW?

They seem very caring and I support their effort for trying to get their son somewhere to be taken care of.

Yes, I know both sides to many issues that are spoken, although I'm not lower functioning, so I won't act like I was in the position of these children. This is part of why I get so upset over posts like this. There is just so much suffering, and I understand it from both sides. Well, I have to go take a hot bath before I get even more depressed from the crappy stuff that goes on in the world.

Also, what the parents did it what I wish other parents would do before it's too late. That's all I want. Being that I lived in PA, I know how my CYS agency worked. They generally wanted to keep the families intact if the children were being abused, but they tend to take away the children from loving families. Well, this is where I was at. This is one family where they should try to keep them together if possible.

I wish someone had killed me when it became apparent that I was not like other children.

I recently learned that I have a profoundly autistic second cousin. We didn't know about him when I was growing up. He is my grandfather's sister's grandson. His parents moved far, far away to find help for him. When they came to visit, his grandmother kept him locked in a back bedroom.

I wish someone had killed me when it became apparent that I was not like other children.

Everyone here is being way to hard on Tarentella64.

It's clear she suffers from a severe case of "Martyrpergers Syndrome." A pervasive developmental condition on the narcissistic spectrum characterized by the opinion that people should be entitled to sympathy and special privledges (i.e. murder) because they have a child or family member who was born a bit weird.

Truth be told, I find that most parents suffer from this condition to some extent, but it's especially pervasive for the parents of Autistic kids. Practically the entire "Autism Speaks" board of directors suffers from this sad debilitating condition.

As "Martyrpergers" is clearly real and in no way a made up condition, she deserves your pity, not your disdain. She just can't help herself. Truly Sad........

I can't work out if geekonychus is joking or not.

And some doctors says that is the autistics who don't have empathy...

i m really very after hearing story. At least a mother should not have kill her child

And I am sick and tired of hearing that mothers who kill their children are mentally ill. No, if that's the case, a father who kills his child is also mentally ill. A child who kills his parents is also mentally ill. NO NO NO that is not the case. While there may be a few who are mentally ill, the majority are just pathetic human beings, nothing more. A man who kills his wife doesn't get the mentally ill defense, neither does a child who kills his parents...stop excusing the pathetic behavior of any woman who dares kill their child, they are just evil.

I am just WAITING for the headlines of a child who was taking care of their elderly parent, was worn out, had too much on their plate, was overwhelmed and killed them! I can assure you that NOT A SINGLE PERSON would ever say "oh, poor child, killed their mom because they couldn't deal taking care of them, they just had too much work on their hands"...BS.