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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A complete stranger tried to talk to my child with ASD. He talks well, but did not talk to her and frankly I don't blame him. He started stimming which he had not done in at least a year. Luckily he got distracted by an escalator. While he was watching with glee, she told me about how she grew up next door to a retarded and mute child and she still keeps in touch with the family and could have the mom call me. She thought she was being a caring stranger!

My kid has an IQ in the gifted range, but I just refused to even go there with the whole DC area my kid is smarter than you think business. Even if he were as impaired as she thought, he is a child first, not a disability and it is not her place to assume anything. I looked at her in disbelief, walked off and told my child it was time to ride the escalator. We rode it up and down a few times and we giggled and cheered the whole time! Fuck normal! I've gone quirky and it's fun![/quote]

I had a parent at our school ask me if DS is going to repeat K in the Fall.  Out of the blue as part of pickup chit chat.  Huh?!?  Our kids were in the same preK together but she does not know DS has Asperger's and is at least two grades ahead in all academic areas.  "No, going into first grade" and I walked away.[/quote]

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