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[quote=Anonymous] OP, I am not sure why you jumped to all elderly people not getting autism, from your mom's situation. Your mom is one person who had one encounter with a possibly autistic person.

I have a child who is autistic, who has 4 living elderly (70+) grandparents, and the level of understanding varies among them. My mom is super understanding and has educated herself about ASD. My dad has cognitive decline but takes my dc's quirks in stride. Dc's other grandparents know little about asd and have made no effort to change that. Ex-mil I'm sure blames it on me LOL like I care what she thinks, but my dc also does not care to be around her because dc thinks she doesn't like dc.

Anyhow, as far as the mom in the store-she was probably doing her best to calm the child. My dc generally does not have meltdowns in public but is prone to flap and make noises (not loud, just noises) and I'm sure some people think negative things about dc based on that (and yes, we are working on it), some of those people aren't elderly either.[/quote]

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