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I guess, from all of these posts, you have to go through this type of situation with a child or relative to appreciate the seriousness. Some people sit up on their ivory towers, and dismiss mental illnesses as a sign of weakness. I feel sorry for those people. We all should.

Some lines you don't cross. Do we make jokes about heart disease? Cancer? No, not unless you are one sick person.

Rush made an error in judgement when he made light of this illness. Politically, I agree with almost everything he has to say. But to coin an old phrase, point a finger at a person, and you've got three pointing back at yourself. You don't get hooked on pain meds without having mental health issues.

My heart goes out to all on here who have children afflicted with this illness. Because that's what it is...AN ILLNESS.

I missed the Rush show --- what did he actually say? Was he making fun of the actual real diagnosis of real debilitating autism --- the kind that can get you in a mental institution or severely limits you're ability to succeed, earn a living, be happy? Or the diagnosis if autism that is sometimes being passed out like ADHD where normal kids are getting drugged up because their parents were convinced by schools that the kid needed drugs?

Lots of AS parents say that it's much easier to have a child in a wheelchair. At least your child gets sympathy. All too often, AS kids only get scorn, ridicule, humiliation, and shunning. (As you can see even on this thread.) The psychic pain leads to a depth of depression which children should not have to suffer.