So do you just want people to make better plans? I'm not sure what you want people to do other than that.
I saw an episode of this new TV show about a guy who sees George Michael and I guess other "angel" type people every where. Well, the show starts out with a woman coming into his office looking to fight against a medical company because she says their vaccine caused autism in her kid.
I don't really have an opinion on this subject, but I'm just curious about the questions above.
The best case scenario would definitely be for folks to make better plans for anything life might throw them. ;) And in these cases, they may very well all be making them (which would be great), but there is a lack of public conversation about whether or not those plans are made and what viable plans are out there. Maybe I only think that because I haven't seen the convo myself since I'm not "in the community" so to speak... I just get annoyed because the conversation in the media seems to gravitate around how "heroic" some parents are or think themselves to be without ever discussing the impact to others; to other family members, to society, to the disabled themselves if/when there is no fallback plan
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Ah, thank you for the clarification. I wasn't sure if you wanted parents to do something in particular to make sure their offspring wouldn't bother other people when they're gone by say bumping off the kid, LOL, or by setting aside money. It also makes me wonder if perhaps the gov't could also set aside some funds for that stuff too, or big companies could instead of doing a 300 million dollar payout to CEO's when they lose their jobs.
I also used to see a lot of people with disabled kids getting the big pat on the back for having a disabled child and keeping the kid and dealing with the kid. How come parents don't get as big of a pat on the back when they have kids who aren't disabled and choose to keep them and deal with them? And where's my pat on the back for not having kids and not adding to the population when there are way too many people to begin with and not enough resources?
I applaud your choice to not add to the population. *Standing Ovation* You should be awarded for your good behavior too. :D
Off the kid... How heartless do you think I am? :P Well, I wouldn't say as much about out of utero kids, anyway.
Seriously though, yeah... where the media focus is in these cases just annoys me. And on a related note: I don't understand why a disabled child is any more of a "joy" than any other kid to people. I mean really, if it takes having a disabled kid for someone to appreciate life and "see things in a different way," their lack of imagination and obvious poor cognitive function in general belies the fact that they probably shouldn't have had kids in the first place. I think it's kinda pathetic, really.
And now, I return the Standing Ovation for you, m'dear. *clapping and lovins*
As someone who is involved with the autism population and kids in general, I always find your point-of-view enlightening and I enjoy the different perspective. You're right, autism is all over the news right now; the number of kids impacted is steadily increasing and there is very little concrete knowledge as to why. Basically there is a lot of speculation and a lot of pointing fingers. One of the reasons you're hearing so much about it is b/c many people speculate the mercury in vaccines may be a cause. The gov't requires the vaccination and it is believed the gov't was aware of the potential harm the mercury and other preservatives in the vaccinations could cause but did nothing and said nothing about it
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Thankies. I'm sure it helps that you actually know me and how to take the things I say... ha. And that's exactly the kind of information I wanted to know; definitely not more. It's not that I don't want to learn about autism or existing programs for it so much as I want to avoid the self-righteous back-patting about being a parent to a disabled child (any disability
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I saw an episode of this new TV show about a guy who sees George Michael and I guess other "angel" type people every where. Well, the show starts out with a woman coming into his office looking to fight against a medical company because she says their vaccine caused autism in her kid.
I don't really have an opinion on this subject, but I'm just curious about the questions above.
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I also used to see a lot of people with disabled kids getting the big pat on the back for having a disabled child and keeping the kid and dealing with the kid. How come parents don't get as big of a pat on the back when they have kids who aren't disabled and choose to keep them and deal with them? And where's my pat on the back for not having kids and not adding to the population when there are way too many people to begin with and not enough resources?
I applaud your choice to not add to the population. *Standing Ovation* You should be awarded for your good behavior too. :D
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Well, I wouldn't say as much about out of utero kids, anyway.
Seriously though, yeah... where the media focus is in these cases just annoys me. And on a related note:
I don't understand why a disabled child is any more of a "joy" than any other kid to people. I mean really, if it takes having a disabled kid for someone to appreciate life and "see things in a different way," their lack of imagination and obvious poor cognitive function in general belies the fact that they probably shouldn't have had kids in the first place. I think it's kinda pathetic, really.
And now, I return the Standing Ovation for you, m'dear. *clapping and lovins*
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