tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post113408106640326195..comments2024-03-27T15:43:53.969-04:00Comments on Adventures in Autism: GuiltGinger Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-1134848680330409292005-12-17T14:44:00.000-05:002005-12-17T14:44:00.000-05:00Thank you for posting a so wonderful pray. You rep...Thank you for posting a so wonderful pray. You reproduced exactly our feelings ( my husband´s and mine) about our son.<BR/>As you say, I always think in a plan for us so , following our Catholic faith, we accept our probation to do our best for our son.<BR/>Thank you from the bottom of my heart<BR/>María LujánAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-1134168917927460452005-12-09T17:55:00.000-05:002005-12-09T17:55:00.000-05:00I'm with Moi, I did it all "right" (is there reall...I'm with Moi, I did it all "right" (is there really a right way?), I took all my vitamins, I had a homebirth with no drugs, and breastfed. Yet Derek was born with autism.<BR/><BR/>I'm angry too. I'm angry that mainstream media and most mainstream doctors pooh-pooh the idea of vaccine and enviromental links. I'm angry that most states have terrible coverage for services ranging from ABA to biomedical. I'm angry that I feel like I talk until I'm blue in the face and I'm just a crazy wacko in the eyes of most.<BR/><BR/>The only thing I feel guilty about now, is not trying hard enough to advocate for my son.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064904766126531960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-1134168189396312062005-12-09T17:43:00.000-05:002005-12-09T17:43:00.000-05:00Stop! The guilt thing comes to us also thanks to t...Stop! The guilt thing comes to us also thanks to the enduring influence of Bettelheim and the refrigerator mother theory. We've learned to let go, but there are myriads of cultural stereotypes out there saying "it's our fault."<BR/><BR/>Offer it up, as my mother-in-law says.kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-1134095982153514202005-12-08T21:39:00.000-05:002005-12-08T21:39:00.000-05:00This is a great post, Ginger.It’s so ironic that s...This is a great post, Ginger.<BR/><BR/>It’s so ironic that some people say that we, who believe environmental factors may have triggered our children’s autism, only believe that because we feel guilt because we did not produce genetically perfect children. They just don’t understand that most of us feel no guilt at all about genes we can’t control, but we do feel guilty about not learning more of the dangers to which we exposed our children. Thanks for putting that guilt in its proper perspective.Wade Rankinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12986780783735604000noreply@blogger.com