I hate "Autism Moms" dude

I accidentally started a small argument yesterday when I brought up how when I went to a local "Autism Society" meeting a few years ago for a project, and that they kind of pissed me the hell off. I mentioned that the guy leading the group said that he "mourned his kid's diagnosis" and how he essentially treated his kid getting diagnosed as death.

And then some people came in and fucking defended it???? Like "you don't know how hard it is being the parent of a young child with autism" and that when a kid gets a diagnosis it essentially means their life is over. All these theoretical things in their idea of their kid's future ""gone"".

Like? No. Yeah, the kids will be unable to do somethings, and need extra help with others, but you don't know their limits yet because they are small children. Their life isn't over just because you now know why they are struggling!!! You don't know what they would/wouldn't be able to do even if they weren't diagnosed because they are small children and you don't know everything about them yet. Shut up!!!

As I ended up putting it in my project: "an autism diagnosis isn't a death sentence, it's a help sentence"; because you now know how/why they are struggling and how you can or should go about giving them the help they may need. So stop "mourning" the future you decided for your child and be there for them. Bitch.