Quote Originally Posted by cannonball View Post
Being the father of a 10 year old autistic son, that letter makes me sick. I wonder how the so called mom that wrote that would feel if one of her own children had autism? These kids didn't ask to be born with this and I can tell you the parent's didn't ask for it either. Something simple like taking your child fishing is almost impossible for some of us to do. I hope they find out who "mom" is and she gets what she deserves.

OMG.. fishing with my little one and his brother.. nope. Doesn't happen. It's just a wide awake nightmare at best. If I get him out by himself he's much different, totally focused and dedicated. But that's the nature of autism. It's first and primary disorder is social. Mine won't even look his grandparents in the eye, he's horribly shy with them.Then there's the frustration of seeing and hearing the world differently from everyone else. AND.. we found out recently he's color blind too! So many arguments, and stress, all over trivial things we can't control, understand, or grasp.

An example: He started designing a new Pinewood Derby car for next year. His perception only allows a 3D view. He put the line on the block, I could see it plain as day, but when I ran a pencil point down the line (not touching it) to confirm it, he had a meltdown, claimed I can't see his picture(as he sees it), then ran off crying and hid. This is his/my every-day-in-life. It's frustrating for them because in reality they're all carrying a stroke of genius we don't get and it's impossible for them to articulate it.