Dallas lady wanted normal kids....offs her autistic ones

I read about this and man, i can't believe the nerve of some people...this is some BS...if you don't want them, do something else, don't kill them...geez...

 

Why did she not just put the kids up for adoption?

I just don't understand this world.

 

Fry the ****ing b****. To do that to your own kids.....

I don't even care if she is not right mentally, if it was up to me she'd go straight to death row in less then a week.

 

God bless you and your son. I have a 13 year old severely autistic son. Not many people are going to understand what the autistic people and their families go through.

Our support group is in the process of raising money to take 20 families on an Autism on the Seas cruise next April. Bonding with others who understand the struggle helps you cope with the stress of raising these special children.

I don’t know what in the hell got in this woman’s head that caused her to lose it like that. Even during the bad times with my son all it takes is one big smile from him and I forget the bad things.

 

Thanks for the kind words to everyone and God bless you too, Ill-Skillz. My son was diagnosed with "mild autism". But, it's autism none-the-less. I fully agree with you though... it's frustrating as hell and heartbreaking that I can't communicate fully with my 6 yr. old son. But, I'm with you, he''ll smile or do something really silly and it's like all is right in the world. Sucks though, with my divorce, I don't get to see him but generally every other weekend and, again because of his lack of communication, it's not like I can just pick up the phone a talk to him.

But, it's amazing the lack of knowledge people have about this. You get the impression most believe it's like mental-r****dation or something when in fact these kids are some of the brightest, smartest people you'll ever meet. And, OMG the memory!! Sometimes I wonder if autism is not a regression but a sign of the next evolution of humans.

That's what makes, what this woman did, so sick. I mean, these two kids were not a waste of humanity, but probably very bright and intelligent children.

 

mogrod and Ill-Skillz, great job of turning a depressing thread into something positive.

God bless both of you.

 

I have a friend with an autistic son. The way my friends puts himself out there in his daily life, despite many setbacks and obstacles, just to make his son's life better, its made ME a better person as a result.

You see what such a selfish arrogant b*stard you've formed into in contrast to something like that. (And how there's plenty other similar asshats out there too...) Not that its about showing people up, but even if it IS, its still a GOOD thing.

Its easy to spread the element of fear and mistrust, seems to be contagious. I think why can't spreading good-heartedness be that easy.

Even though you're doing what you feel is just what you're "supposed to do", keep up what you're doing

 

wheres the real life Dexter when you need one?

 

i have a friend who has autism. to be honest, i can`t really tell the difference had i not known beforehand.

the lady is sick. really sick for what she did.

 

She wanted normal kids.

I'm sure a "normal" mother would have been something they would have wanted.

Kids with ASD and other developmental disabilities require a great deal of patience.

 

As the parent of an autistic kid, most parents of autistic kids that I know would sacrifice anything if it would make their kid normal. I can’t tell you what went wrong in this lady’s head that made her throw in the towel and do what she did, which I think is horrific.

I don’t even know the severity level of her child or the strain for caring for that child put on her. I can tell you that caring for my son and all the stress and strain that goes along with it have made me a better parent than I was before. If her kids were severely autistic, she may not have been equipped to handle them. Autism is an isolating condition for the children because many of them live in a world of their own. The parents become isolated because of the level of care it takes for these kids and the awkward spectacles that sometimes happen when their kids have outburst in social settings. As bad as it sounds, some folks hide their kids from the public because they can’t deal with the reactions they get.

I could tell you a thousand stories of the looks and comments my wife and I have gotten when we take our son out in public. Bottom line is… what a judgmental a-hole thinks about my son or me when he judges us from a glance just does not matter to me. I need to make sure my kid lives as normal a life as possible, if that means people are going to stare at 6-1 kid whose 6-4 dad has his arm around his son’s shoulder as they walk in Lowes or Walmart, then so be it. It makes my son secure in a world that he does not understand and that’s what is important.

This lady’s kids could have been self injurious, they could have been physically attacking her, they could have pushed her to the brink of mental exhaustion, I don’t have the facts. She could have had zero help because I will tell you that the government agencies have 10 year waiting list to receive help on some of their programs. Her husband may have shoved all the responsibility on her and she was overwhelmed by it all. Her kids could have been so mild that you would barely notice. Who knows? However, nothing condones what she did.

What does need to happen is that more resources need to be available to help these families whether they have the best case scenario or worst case scenario in regard to the impairment level of their autistic child. You don’t get to pick and choose the level of stress the parents of these kids can or can’t handle when God assigns them to you.

I am enclosing a link to this video that is inspiring to me. Our son’s impairment is similar to the girl in the video and I deeply admire the determination of the kid and her parents to get this type of monumental breakthrough. http://wimp.com/autisticgirl/


I attend support group meetings and I have met a lot of families dealing with autism. I’m the kinda guy who wants to think he can fix things and unfortunately this condition isn’t something I can fix. I found out about the specialized program on Autism on the Seas that contained trained staff who would be able to work with these children doing fun events while their Mom and Dad got to do things together. Normally it’s rare they can do something as simple as go to a movie together because of the level of care it required for their child.

I knew when I found out about Autism on the Seas that what I could do to fix things for just a little while was to raise money where for 1 week the kids and their family could enjoy a somewhat “normal” vacation. I raised money for 4 families the first year and 7 families the second year. This year the bar has been raised and I have solicited the help of our support group to raise money for 24 autistic kids and their families to go. I think that surrounding myself with external family has allowed me to cope with this life our family has been given and find some joy for all of us along the way. This isn't a cure but it does provide stress relief for the parents and an adventure for the kids in a somewhat controlled environment.

I wish that the lady in the story had developed some sort of support structure that would have allowed her to appreciate the little victories against autism her children would achieve and share those with others who would want to celebrate them with them.

I was trying to write a song about autism from the family perspective but never finished it. The tag line was….. “Hanging on by a thread….waiting for your next smile.” That next smile that gets so many parents through will never come for this lady’s kids and that is truly tragic. If you learn to look for the smiles (the good times), just 1 smile from these precious kids can erase a hundred bad things.

 

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here is more Dallas mistreatment of children... would have posted these stories yesterday, but apparently I'm not allowed to make threads anymore.

 

I worked with a guy at my firm, who had some type of Asperger's. He was a bit odd, but one of the most brilliant people I've ever met.

 

my best friend is autistic. he's a little deficient in some areas, but at the same a literary and artistic genius.