Musings and What-not

Last night, I got all serious and what-not, I mean really serious, and I thought I'd keep the tone of tonight's post... light-hearted. I'd like to tell you more about an organization I'm involved with. No, it isn't some underground movement whose dastardly plan is world domination... although, that would be pretty cool. {wink}

As I strolled along the exhibit halls, admiring the impressive art collection of Thomas Gilcrease , the silence, that is prevalent in museums, was broken several times due to my son's scripting . One would think that a museum wouldn't be a ideal choice of parent to a child on the spectrum, but I feel that he deserves the same intellectual stimulation as the next person. We've visited several museums over the years, but it was today that I learned a very big lesson. After several "Shhhhhhh"s and "hands down", my husband decided to get him to read the labels associated with each art piece.  I noticed that his behavior was immediately calmer.  The scripting was gone as was the flailing.  Additionally, he was also actively engaged while viewing a short documentary about the "birth of the western film".  Something I didn't think would interest him in the least. I learn something new every day... thank goodness! Thanks to the Americans with Disab...

There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks . . . to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don't give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - yer kid is NOT autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both." - Denis Leary The Autism Society of America responded: "For Mr. Leary to suggest that families or doctors conspire to falsely diagnose autism is ridiculous . . . [His] remarks reflect the same misconceptions of autism being caused by bad or unemotional parenting that were held over 50 years ago. I don't even know where to start. Prior to reading his remarks, I actually liked Denis.  Yes, I know he's crass and a bit hard on the ears, but his style was one I used to laugh at.  I think it was his New England accent and hard appr...