Article: How I Gave My Son Autism

Post Reply New Topic

Wow. So... your water got low, and you let them induce labor.

That didn't work, and so you let them perform a C-section.

Your baby was at risk for infection, and after abdominal surgery so were you, so you let antibiotics get involved.

Oh, you horrible horrible person. Yes, because of you, your son is autistic. When he could have been another dead neurotypical newborn.

I'd much rather be autistic and alive, thank you very much.

For your son's sake, and your own sake, and the sake of every other autistic child on the planet who has not yet learned that the world is full of idiots who think that s/he would be better off dead, PLEASE GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS!! !!

Stop listening to the fear-mongers. Flouride in the water, lady?? I'm more worried about what's in the Kool-Aid you're drinking.

Look-- I'm sorry your kid's autistic. I'm autistic. My son is probably autistic. Yes, it's hard. You have all my EMPATHY (and yes, you probably need to be told that I have empathy). It's hard, it sucks, have a hug.

Now GET OVER IT. STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP. Get out there and play with the child you have. Watch the child you have. Love the child you have. Teach the child you have...

...because the fact is that YOU HAVE A CHILD. Without some of those interventions, you'd very likely have expensive memorial portraits of a dead baby.

PS-- Lady, I do at least agree with you about painkillers and flouridated water.

I think it's idiotic to feed kids painkillers every time they get a boo-boo or a temperature over 99F. But you don't need the Autistic Boogeyman to tell you this. Someone with a high school biology education knows that fever is a natural immune response and that "making the fever go away" does not make the child well. Anyone with a functioning brain realizes that making a big deal of every prick and poke is going to raise a child with no tolerance for pain-- "You're OK, honey" might not have a nice maternal ring to it, but it is (within the limits of common sense) good for children. Turn off the TV and use your brain.

Flouride in the water-- We have flouridated toothpaste, flouridated rinse, and $36 dollar flouride varnishes every time we go to the dentist, despite having flouridated water (which we don't-- I was adamant about finding a house with a well, because I want at least a modicum of control over what ends up in my water). We have these things because we KNOW, beyond a shadow of reasonable doubt, that flouride is primarily effective against tooth decay when used as a TOPICAL APPLICATION.

Flouridating the drinking water was a nice idea, a well-intentioned public service...

...back in 1950-something. We know a lot that we didn't know then. Stop spending money putting flouride in the drinking water; use the money to issue every family a couple bottles of ACT Flouride Rinse a year instead (I use it twice a week along with flouridated toothpaste-- save my poor DS6 who had a taste for flint gravel as a toddler, all 4 of my kids have consistently perfect dental checkups despite the fact that I allow snacks, sodas, and candy and sometimes, *gasp,* let them fall asleep on Saturday nights with unbrushed teeth). I don't know if it's neurologically toxic or not, and I flatly refuse to do the Dr. Strangelove thing and obsess about it, but-- if it doesn't work, stop doing it.

Now-- Sheesh, lady. Get your head out of your ass before you do damage far worse than autism to your kid. ARRRRGH!! !!

Intelligence at it's finest.
Granted, I quit reading about halfway through because of how ridiculous that article was, but I didn't see a single shred of legitimate evidence that she gave her kid Autism...

I'm sorry I had to quit reading. I really hate people like this, especially when she mentioned second point "High-fructose corn syrup."

...... Really? Is this a troll? I can't tell......

.......... *facepalm*

This whole this is idiotic. No sympathy. At all. I just feel bad for her son. Y'all got the science covered, I don't feel the need to elaborate on it, but if you count how many actual things are linked to Autism, then of course people would go nuts; "What's worse that Autism? Don't give my baby Autism!" Idiots.