Miscellaneous: Today, I was at the park with my autistic son when I noticed...

By Anonymous - 25/08/2009 17:03 - United States

Today, I was at the park with my autistic son when I noticed a teenage girl imitating him by flapping her hands and walking on her toes. Fed up with children mocking my son, I went over and sternly lectured the girl's mother. Turns out, her daughter is autistic too and will be in my son's class. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/08/2022 02:00

Today, I had to deal with a lady who claimed her son was autistic to try and skip the queue. Even her son was saying he’s not autistic, and she was screaming in his face that yes he was. I happen to be genuinely autistic. Security threw her out, and I was jealous that I didn’t get to do it. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - Australia

Today, I took my child to the park. Having been there an hour, another mum came up to me and we started talking. She then told me that one kid had been harassing her children, pointing to my child. When she asked which one was mine I pointed to a random kid. It was hers. FML

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By Mimi - 29/11/2012 05:29 - United States

Today, I was shopping when I overheard a woman telling an employee that she was buying an iPad for her 5-year-old son. Annoyed, I turned around and ranted about how he should have more age appropriate toys. Then she explained that her son is autistic and will be using the iPad to communicate. FML

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By Robert - 06/04/2018 05:00 - United States - North Pole

Today, my high school speech therapist introduced me to the other autistic kid in school without fully informing either of us. We got into a fist fight because we each thought the other guy was imitating us. FML

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By ProudASDmom - 30/03/2016 02:39 - Canada - Chilliwack

Today, my son's first impression of our new neighborhood was to be yelled at by the first kid he tried to introduce himself to, because my son was on the edge of their lawn. Half-an-hour later, I got a lecture at the corner store, because the clerk thinks vaccinations caused my son's autism. FML

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By DocShadow - 03/12/2013 17:33 - United States - New York

Today, my 4-year-old daughter stood up to a bully in the mall. I was the one who was getting bullied. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/04/2015 22:46 - United States - Bowling Green

Today, while out walking with my son in a stroller, a couple passed by and the girl smiled sweetly at him. It made me really happy, until we passed and I heard her say "What? You're supposed to smile at babies, even if they look weird." FML

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By ChessNut - 27/11/2018 12:00

Today, a girl I'd been crushing on for a little while and I were talking about autism. Some of the last words she said were "I try to not find autistic people so fucking annoying, but I can't help it. But can you blame me?” I'm autistic. FML

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By angry mama - 21/09/2019 00:01

Today, while picking my daughter up from school, I saw her being beaten by two boys while the teacher stood there doing nothing. I ran to help, but then she pushed one of the boys off her. The teacher then pulled her away, yelled at her and then yelled at me for "not raising my kid right." FML

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By uterurist - 22/11/2014 18:37 - United States - Saint Paul

Today, my son trained his little sister to walk up to strangers and whimper: "My mommy punches me." FML

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Ligerie 0

Tuesday 25 August 2009 23:04

Sooo thats good right? under the circumstances? They can be friends =]

sovietkitsch 0

Tuesday 25 August 2009 23:18

I understand why you'd be mad.. A close family member of mine is autistic and it makes me very angry if people imitate him.

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mowmowlife 21

Saturday 14 July 2012 8:59

Rough. I'm going to say your life sucks, but maybe be a little open minded next time you go in for a scolding.

moemoney8888 7

Monday 17 September 2012 21:54

I knew it was going to end like that...

LemonLolly 10

Friday 21 September 2012 21:47

Uh, your son isn't the only autistic person in the world, OP. Get your nose out of other people's business

lemonademixer 7

Tuesday 5 February 2013 7:34

Well, was she nice about it?

blackwidowtaco 31

Friday 30 August 2013 8:09

Don't be so quick to judge next time op!

Nederlander95 14

Saturday 26 October 2013 21:45

So it's a simple misunderstanding, and now your son has someone who he can relate to in his class. This is the opposite of an fml!

fantasyworld 37

Thursday 4 December 2014 4:05

Honest mistake, I hope things worked out in the end.

hurley12 30

Saturday 10 January 2015 9:25

Honest mistake. That suck though

caseylou 12

Saturday 14 March 2015 3:37

I'm sure she understood, and could appreciate your reaction.

yahtzeesouls 12

Tuesday 10 May 2016 22:36

I have Asperger's syndrome which is constantly made fun of. It sucks.

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