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I am Autism....
You never know how true it is until you have a kid or two with Autism.. Hello. Allow me to introduce myself to you. My name is Autism. Perhaps you know me or know of me. I am a condition, a "disorder" that affects many people. I strike at will, when and where I want. Unlike Downs Syndrome or other birth "defects," I leave no marks on those I strike. In fact, I pride myself on the ability to infiltrate a childs life, while leaving him or her strikingly handsome. Many people may not even know that I am there. They blame the child for what I cause him or her to do. I am Autism and I do as I please. I am Autism. I strike boys and girls, infants and toddlers. I find my best victims to be boys around the age of 2, but any child will do. I like children and they are always the true victims, though I take hostage the others in the child's family as well. It is a bit like getting two for the price of one. I affect one child and infect the entire family. I am Autism. I strike rich and poor alike. The rich combat me with education and therapy. The poor shut their children away and cannot afford to fight me. I am able to win in the lives of poor children more than I am of the wealthy, but I will try to take root anywhere. I am Autism. I am an equal oppportunity disorder. I like whites, blacks, Mexicans, Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, Slavs, Japanese, Koreans and Fins. In fact, I strike everywhere on earth. I know no goegraphical bounds. I am Autism. I do not discriminate based upon religion either. I strike Jews and Christians, Muslims and Buddhists, Atheists and Agnostics, Hindus and Rastafarians. I do not care what religion a person is or what beliefs he may hold. When I strike, there will be little time for any of that anyway. When they find me, they will question everything they believe in, so why would I strike any one group? I have affected followers of every religion on the planet. I am Autism and I am strong and getting stronger every year, every month, every day, every minute, and every second. I am concerned that money might be alloted to combat me and my takover of children, but so far I have little to fear. Some countries, like Kuwait, are spending quite a bit of money to assist those who I have targeted and some, like the United States, would rather spend money on such ludicrous things as discovering the number of American Indians who practice voodoo, as opposed to combating me. In an atmosphere as that, I can flourish and wreack havoc at will. In places such as that, I rub my hands with glee at the problem I can cause to children, families and to the society at large. I am Autism. When I come, I come to stay. I take the dreams and hopes of every parent and trample them with glee. I see the fear and confusion in the eyes of my victims and I see the formation of wrinkles, worries and ulcers and the pain on the face of their parents. I see the embarrassment their child causes because of me and the parents unsuccessfull attempt to hide their child and, me. I see tears and the parents cry and feel the tears of their child. I am Autism. I leave sorrow in my wake. I am Autism. I taketh and give nothing but bewilderment and loathing in return. I take speech and learning, I take socialization and understanding. I take away "common sense" and if I am allowed to flourish, I take away all but their physical life. What I leave behind, is almost worse than death. I am Autism. I fear nothing except courage, which I thankfully see little of. I fear those who take a stand against me and attempt to fight me and bring others into the fight as well. I fear those who try to make it safe and easier for my victims in the community, and their families. I fear those who push ahead, despite the fact that I am in tow. I fear the day that I will be eradicated from the planet. Yet, I do not fear too much right now. There is no need. I am Autism and I bet you know me or know of me. If you don't, you probably will soon. I am marching forward faster than I ever have before. I am looking for new children all the time. I dread the day I will be looked on with pity, or worse yet, understanding, for that day, is the day I will begin to die. But, I don't think that will happen for a long long time though, do you? In the meantime, I prowl onward, looking to cause pain and suffering wherever I go. I have so much work to do and thankfully, no one is stopping me. Hello my name is Austim. Perhaps you know me or know of me................................. written by: Marty Murphy Marty Murphy is an adult with Autism Spectrum Disorder who was born and raised in central Illinois. With her personal insite and presentations on autism across Illinois, Marty has made a tremendous impact on how parent, teachers and administrators look at our children's futures Posted on 05/23/07, 01:05 am |
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I have a brilliant idea! How about everyone agrees to disagree!!!! What a concept? Do we forget the meaning of "opinion"? There is as much untruth as there is truth to everything. Why don't we all pull our heads out of our respective asses and realize what we experience is different and unique from any other individual and that there is no right or wrong on feelings. They are personal, and need no interpretation, especially from someone else. Quit being so damn selfish everyone! You want to know what difficulty is? Try fighting everyday for your screwed up life, so there is a possibility of being a memory for your children, autistic or not!!!! Everybody has their feelings and opinions, they are not meant to hurt anyone, and if they do, then you need to look within yourself to question why words are having so much power over you! Wonderful! some of us feel blessed to have autism in our lives, some of us feel stressed! who's right? who cares!!!!!!! it's not going to make it change or become easier. We are supposed to be here to support, ask and offer advice. bitch about things in your journal, just add your opinion to the bunch and leave it at that!!!!!!!!!!!! wtf??????? 
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ummmm okay..... let me start by saying that kath30miller is absolutely correct. we are all entitled to our opinion; that goes without question.
second, it is a spectrum; asd is a broad spectrum of different characteristics.you have your pdd-nos, asperger's high functioning autism, tourettes, rhett's and classic autism just to name a few; all of which have very different characteristics. none of us can say that our children are the same; we wouldn't be able to say that if they didn't have autism. every child, every human being on this planet is unique. take for example, my friend's son. now her son has a lot more going on than my son in regard to the spectrum.. i can empathize with her; i can learn from her experiences but for me to say i completely understand what she is going through without question; i can't because my son has a different diagnosis than her son and my son has different characteristics of this disorder than her son does. my son has had and will continue to have meltdowns. her son can have hell downs. i will never be able to say, i completely understand it because i can't, because i have never had to go thru it. so you see there is a lot of different characteristics to this spectrum. third, there are only three things in this life that i have to do, can't get out of it. be born, pay taxes and die. i've done one; working on the other two. for me personally, i don't have to like autism, i sure as hell don't consider it a gift and i sure don't have to embrace it. for those of you who can, good for you. if that aspect of thinking works for you, go for it and i will stand up for your opinion in that matter. i, however, expect you to do the same for me. there are some of our kids who when they grow up, will be able to go out into the world and acquire jobs, families etc.... some will not be able to.. this site, THIS FAMILY can fully support both without question. as with any family, there are going to be arguments and disagreements, that's what families do. we must remember that everyone here is entitled to have their view and we may not agree with everything that is said but we must be willing to let everyone voice their opinion. you can voice your opinion but don't cross the line and demand that others accept your way of thinking as gospel and that it has to be that way or no way. if you want to suggest something that works for you and you want to present it to the rest of us fine, please do but have enough respect for everyone else to accept the fact that they may not see things the way you see them.
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As I have said. I respect the opinions of the "Yeah we have autism and that makes us oh so special" crowd. I am honestly glad they are happy with themselves. Fantastic. I preach trying to hammer in good self esteem to our kids and if they feel great about themselves that is awesome but some of us are dealing with kids who struggle for everything and with everything. Yes I can seperate the child from his autism. I have autism I am not autism. I wish things came easier for me and I certainly wish they came easier for our kids.
My theory is that I don't want to disrespect the Autism Rocks crowd but I would appreciate the same in return. A mom talking about how angry she is that her child is wiping feces on the wall at 8 years old is not reflective of a "Autistic Pride" family living in another country. It is reflective only of that mom on that day and she needed to vent or ask advice. A lecture on how wonderful autism is is not called for at that point. There, that is my opinion being added.
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I wonder why some of you are on this SUPPORT site? I, for one, am here because my life is in an uproar most days. I'm here because, even though I love my two boys more than life itself, I need SUPPORT and a shoulder to lean on because of the affects of autism. If my boys didn't have autism, I'd still need SUPPORT but I'd go to a SUPPORT group for parents of young children or for parents of boys or something along those lines. But! My boys are on the spectrum and so this SUPPORT group is where I come. Please don't feel the need to constantly tell us how wonderful autism is and what a blessing it is. That may be true for you but for me and my family at this very time in our lives, IT IS NOT! I don't want to have to feel guilt for "not wanting my children to be born" on top of all the other stress I have in my life. I can honestly do without that kind of SUPPORT! ~Michelle
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The video on You Tube (In My Own Language or whatever it is) that was mentioned is Amanda Baggs who could speak until she was about 20 and was was so gifted she attended Simons Rock College at 14, majoring in psychology. She freely admits that use of LSD caused some of her problems. She could speak and interacted well with the other college age students. She had no supports at that time in her life and recieved no supports in college. She is a huge friend of the Neurodiversity crowd. She uses a device to speak but can sing (wtf?). There are many people with autism who are success stories (just check out the kids in Autism the Musical)but that video does not capture one.
There are many videos of autistic kids on You Tube and other places that capture the true essesnce of autism. It is a spectrum, as are all the kids in the videos. Each is different. Each is amazing in their own way and each is obviously loved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTt... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swD... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fd... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Al... This last one is a boy named Rupert who has HFA. He is reciting a poem. It is amazing.
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wow, i had my beautiful granddaughters this wekend, didnt have time to check in, marty murphy wrote this for a reason. i would not there are a couple things i am going to add to this subject. i have seen some of the most amazing, beautiful things come from children/people with autism. i have also seen some of the most terrorizing acts i thought i would never see come from a human being, from ppl/children with autism. for the people on the higher end, i do understand celebrating "i am different" but for the families of the children on the severe end, its not a clelbration and never will be, and i for one not only respect them for holding themselves together through it all, but for keeping their kids in the home as well, knowing that in the most severe cases the day will come. i met an angel a few weeks ago, i told yalll about her, she has already adopted several children on the spectrum and one is porfound, she is in process of adoptong another that is profound autism, she told me she knows the day will come they will have to go to nursing home at very young azge but as long as she can physically take care of them they are staying in her home. she is doing this from her heart, you dont get state aide when you adopt. she is adopting a total of six childern on the spectrum whose parents threw them away like yesterdays trash because they were not perfect, just like adams mother did to him. so please, celebrate when its time to celebrate, but for all of us who have hard times, daily or just once in a while, support us, dont tell us how greast it is or how unique our child is when they attack a complete stranger for no reason, or smear feces all over the house at the age of 7 or 8 yrs old or older, this is a site for support, and when things get negative its from ppl who, in my opinion, do not have a clue. marty, you have written a beautiful piece that i will cherish forever.
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I have to say that I do respect others opinions,if they are not stated in a way that it seems to be the only opinion. I am thrilled for the ones that are high functioning and can get a job,live a great life and have a family! wish mine could!!! I love him no different though. he is a wonderful human being and it has taken so much time and so many different doctors and therapy and years of not knowing what the heck to do because 12 years ago there was no "support",for me anyway,and there was no therapy here for my kids. my kids are a blessing no matter what they have or who they are!!!! they are all 3,the autistic and NT,are the greatest gifts I have ever recieved and they have traits that if most of the world had it would be a better place. and I think alot of that comes from the way I have taught them to be,not because of any disorder. I have taught the ones with autism the same as I have taught the one that doesn't. It might have been harder and alot more patience was needed at times but the result was the same... I have 3 boys....14,12 and 6 that I think are some of the greatest human beings on this planet!!!
and it has nothing to do with autism but who they are inside!
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