A Real Concern

If you are an autism parent, you have all sorts of information stored in your brain that B.A. (Before Autism) you would have never imagined knowing. You know “1 in 110”. You know about self-funded and fully funded health insurance. You have learned a string of acronyms that made your head spin when you first heard them, but you now rattle off like a maestro conducting Beethoven’s 5^th.

If you have done any investigating into research and funding, I am also certain you have come across, as I did when researching for my “Fixing” Autism video, that more children will be diagnosed this year than with AIDS, diabetes and cancer combined.

This is a pretty startling statistic. But bring that statistic up, and right away proponents of other causes go on the defensive. The most common argument that I have seen used is the following:

“AIDS, diabetes and cancer will KILL you! They are terminal! I have never heard of anybody dying of autism!”

It is usually also preceded or followed by insults.

The Tragic Case of Stephon Watts

Of the posts I have written, this has been the toughest. I purposefully delayed publishing my thoughts on this subject publicly because it was very difficult for me to write about this story without becoming incredibly angry. My anger is primarily focused on two things. I hoped that with time the anger would subside and I could write without my judgment and opinion being clouded. I do not know that I have been entirely successful, but here it is… the tragic case of Stephon Watts.

Photo from JUSTICE FOR STEPHON WATTS!!! Facebook page.