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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 640132" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I am angry for you that people judged your son, Echo. I know people do judge and that's why our kids can be so ostracized, but I hate the it happens. And I hate it even more when people don't even try to hide their feelings about it. As for your poor sister's autistic son, that makes me even madder. When Sonic was little he was cute as a button, but he acted very oddly in public, ran in front of me, made weird noises, squaled and even drooled. If anyone stared at him with that "CONTROL THAT CRAZY BLACK KID YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF, WHOEVER HE IS!" I would stare their in the eyeballs and asked sweetly, "Is something wrong?" Nobody every answered.</p><p></p><p>I would do the same thing if I had a 7 ft. tall, 400 lb. autistic son who is so low functioning that he couldn't help how he behaved. "Can I help you with something? You seem to be interested in us." Calm. Raised eyebrows. No expression. I have sadly gotten so good at dealing with difficult people by staying calm and cool and yet making my point. Years of practice going on here...</p><p></p><p>I have a personal problem with those who stare at people who are different. It is the height of rudeness. Since a very young age, because I have always felt different (although I looked normal) I went out of my way to be kind and very mindfully normal around anyone who maybe brought questions into my mind. I refused to engage in staring, judging for appearance...that sort of thing. To this day it is a wild pet peeve of mine. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 640132, member: 1550"] I am angry for you that people judged your son, Echo. I know people do judge and that's why our kids can be so ostracized, but I hate the it happens. And I hate it even more when people don't even try to hide their feelings about it. As for your poor sister's autistic son, that makes me even madder. When Sonic was little he was cute as a button, but he acted very oddly in public, ran in front of me, made weird noises, squaled and even drooled. If anyone stared at him with that "CONTROL THAT CRAZY BLACK KID YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF, WHOEVER HE IS!" I would stare their in the eyeballs and asked sweetly, "Is something wrong?" Nobody every answered. I would do the same thing if I had a 7 ft. tall, 400 lb. autistic son who is so low functioning that he couldn't help how he behaved. "Can I help you with something? You seem to be interested in us." Calm. Raised eyebrows. No expression. I have sadly gotten so good at dealing with difficult people by staying calm and cool and yet making my point. Years of practice going on here... I have a personal problem with those who stare at people who are different. It is the height of rudeness. Since a very young age, because I have always felt different (although I looked normal) I went out of my way to be kind and very mindfully normal around anyone who maybe brought questions into my mind. I refused to engage in staring, judging for appearance...that sort of thing. To this day it is a wild pet peeve of mine. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! [/QUOTE]
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