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Autism Is A Curse?!
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Just reviewed a book in which the author refers to those with autism as "deathly ill," "demonically possessed" and "cursed" The blog tour people are very unhappy with me for posting the review, but honestly!
Tags: asperger's, autism, autistic, books, reviews, spectrum
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Permalink Reply by Robyn on -
I don't believe Autism is a curse, I am religious but I feel God won't put any more on you than you can handle....he has always helped me through the autism thing!!!
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Permalink Reply by MomOnMars on -
I think you were very kind in your review. I'm not so sure I would have been. Having a child with Asperger's has brought all kinds of spiritual issues to the forefront for me. Especially when it finally hit me in the face that if everything I believed about a loving God simply did not mesh with what was before my eyes. Now that's a spiral I wouldn't wish on anybody. I'm still working it out, but of one thing I am absolutely certain. Inside my son is perfection. He is made in the image of God and God is perfection. If I can't see that, it's certainly not God's fault. It's my own for not seeing clearly.
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Permalink Reply by Robin Hartman on -
Really wonderful review! I am glad you spoke out and pointed out that it is wrong to believe that autism is evil and expects/demands to be cured.
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Permalink Reply by DPopTart on -
I'm no saint; I have often wanted things better, even "cured," so that things would be easier for her & I -- safer too. I've approached the difficulties & even sought spiritual help for treatment (along with dietary & herbal remedies, prior to trying medications). But at no time did I view this as a curse or demonic, and I certainly would not publish a book that judges others in such a way.
I think I am most horrified at the idea of families, desperate under the strain of a new diagnosis or exhausted by having to live with & raise a child with autism while at the same time having to advocate for that child's rights (all at financial, emotional, spiritual and relationship costs) finding this book and falling prey to such a belief system.
That is why I had to express my outrage, despite the promoter's insistence that I remove it; it wouldn't be fair for me to know this is being said & remain silent about it.
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