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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about those families with imperceptibly autistic boys who flat out cannot afford the $200 - $300 a week out of pocket for speech, OT, social skills and a nutritionist and supplements?   52 weeks a year, year after year?

They can't afford, no matter what, it because Dad's low-level IT job and mom's admin. job won't cover that.

Do they love their boys a little less, do you think?   [/quote]

If you're speaking to me, PP with Aspie, no of course not.  We can't afford it either.  We have no therapy at all right now bc we can't afford it.  Dad makes a very small amount of $ compared to people in this area and works 80 hours/week to make that happen.  If we are lucky we will be able to "retire" (from working as we will never be able to retire from parenting our son) before we are too old to get to work anymore and won't live to 100 with some debilitating disease that we can't afford.  We all do the best we can for our kids.  Just wanted to point out how much work a more mildly autistic kid is, how much it takes for the family, and try to indicate, in my own way, that just bc a kid might grow up to be somewhat "normal" it may well not be the normal that you would want for your child without some help.[/quote]

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