I am a mother of a 24 year old son that is autistic. Obamacare scares me. I think his life will not be treated as important as “normal” people. We still have decent insurance...for now. And whoever said its a “made-up” disease is very ignorant.
I am a mother of a 24 year old son that is autistic. Obamacare scares me. I think his life will not be treated as important as “normal” people. We still have decent insurance...for now. And whoever said its a “made-up” disease is very ignorant.
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Second that. I always cringe when I see threads on autism on FR, or anywhere else, for that matter. People are just ignorant, unless they’ve walked a mile in the shoes of a parent of a child with autism.
Our son just turned 12. Although his autism is considered “mild” I can assure you, our lives are anything but easy with him.
We have joys, we have sadness — sort of the same as with our two older typical children, it’s just more like parenting on steroids.
I also worry who will take care of him as he is our last and we are getting older. At this point, he can’t cope well enough or navigate the subtleties of a dynamic world to live independently. I’m think my son may marry a girl a lot like himself, but I doubt he could support a family.
It’s a tragedy what has happened to many of our young men due to autism. A lot of you here need to get your heads out of your butts and realize this HAS happened to MORE of our males than you would realize.
I have a GORGEOUS intelligent son — he is autistic, though — he can’t serve in the military, won’t be able to support a family — in short, he will always need help. At least that’s what our pediatrician told us when he was 4.
Believe me, he’s not just “quirky.” He has speech and cognitive deficits. He has EXTREME difficulty understanding social interactions. Yes, he can “function” but it’s not fun for him.
I don’t know what’s caused it ...but just hang out at any autism speaks convention or other event and watch ...I’m sorry, but we would have NOTICED these kids if they’d been around years ago.
I also do believe the evil banshees running Obamacare will CERTAINLY target our kids one day ...they’ll just be too much of a burden for them to EVER figure out any decent solutions ...hell, they want to abort EVERYONE who isn’t “perfect” in their eyes.
And I am working like a DOG in my own profession, my husband in his, and we are sacrificing and living modestly. Our goal is to leave him a home and as much money as we can muster. We are not planning on him receiving any government benefits ...I don’t want the “government” to even know he is alive.