This is so unbelievably harmful. People with any kind of influence over others making these kinds of statements negatively affects public health. As a healthcare professional, I am irate that psuedoscience and ignorance rules the day, and that we still have to be nice to these freaks in a clinical setting.

I once had a consulting doc (a pediatric cardiologist) tell me that he didn’t look “...special”. I retorted that *he* didn’t look particularly well published. They did the EKG and got us out pretty fast. Fucker. My poor husband was mortified. Sometimes I can’t help let that part of my brain that is an ER nurse come…

Most standoffs end without anyone dying. We only hear about the ones that go bad. He will most likely live to have a fart sucked out of his ass at his leisure.

They would if there were other people in the house. This is why I have been saying “be careful!” or texting it at different times during the day when my husband cuts off a conversation about the weather or teenager drama and has to run to a call. Even the ones that don’t sound terrible can turn out to be walking into…

Thank you for the suggestion. He has a group of nice friends. We are working constantly with the school who actually adheres to the IEP and pays more attention to the kids who need it. I think his crisis is more of a “I see my older brothers driving around with their friends and I want to do the same thing.” But they…

He has a few friends who are the nicest kids I’ve ever met. He’ll be OK. I remember how painfully self conscious I was back then and I’m NT. Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks. He’s an interesting kid. Between the Star Wars canon vs. old canon, Legos, Presidential History, Friday Night Lights, I am constantly being chattered at. Most of the time, I listen. Sometimes, I will announce what subjects I am not interested in talking about right now. It goes over better than finding that…

Don’t even get me started. I actually cried. I’m just glad my son thinks TNG is so “old” and prefers Star Wars. I can live without the light saber dance routines, but he’s happy doing them. And I tend to think it’s his most recent form of Stimming, so I have a space for him where there are no breakables as his…

My son is painfully self aware. He asked me if I wished he hadn’t been born. Or born a “different kid without autism”. Holy crap, dude. Yeah, if I had a magic wand, I’d take it away because I see how he struggles to keep up with his peers and it’s heartbreaking. So “high functioning” is a label made up by people who…

Yep. Super glad my son with autism didn’t get polio or diphtheria.

Yeah, my non NT kid was different in the womb.

My youngest has autism. He’s a great kid when he isn’t having a meltdown. It just is. I even got into a twitter fight with Brent Spiner (Data from TNG) when he jumped to DiNiro’s defense after the Today Show debacle. Besides being a parent of two neurotypical and one non-NT sons - all born within 4 years of the other,…

I found that using a hand drill with the allen wrench bit on the end makes up for stability issues with only the allen wrench and it goes faster because I am too old to spend a day putting together a bookcase. (Hemnes dreams on a Billy budget!) Cosco will deliver and put together. I have a few pieces and I’m sold.…

But it will be low key, so only a brunch at the club instead of white tie on a Saturday night.

Ghost him. Now. I’m so sorry.

Well happy freaking birthday to me. So glad he’ll be out in time for steaks on the grill on Labor Day!

I was in charge of math homework and practical advice like how to construct IKEA furniture. I’m warm and stuff, but they generally go to their Dad with now “man problems”.

It’s why I had three in under four years. They always have each other. Not even joking.

That child was with his father. Ie - the person who has an equal genetic stake in his welfare. Now we see that was some serious misplaced trust, and there is where the outrage should be. Not at Ms. Abedin but at AW for making such atrocious decisions. He’s the horrific parent, he’s the one who should be held up as an…

This was my limit as far as saying “consenting adults” blah blah blah. Having your baby in the bed while you partake in sexual activity is wrong. That child doesn’t consent. Now he’ll find pictures of his infant self next to his dad’s erection just everywhere. If pictures of that man having sex with a McChicken can be…