Kids: Today, my son's first impression of our new neighborhood was...

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 Anonymous - 17/07/2022 07:00 - United States - Phoenix

Today, my new neighbors moved in. I was assured that it would be a family with two teenagers. The young children playing in the front yard suggested otherwise. This wouldn’t be so bad if I wasn’t autistic, and sensitive to the sounds of screaming kids. FML

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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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Stranger danger!

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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You people are twisted!

By pledonasm - 15/03/2015 16:11 - India - Thane

Today, I took my son to the playground and watched him have fun. Minutes later, I was being shoved around and called a pedophile because I was there alone with no wife. By the time I convinced them I was innocent, my son was bawling. FML

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By Mybrotherissatan - 10/03/2016 15:59 - United States - Arrington

Today, I found out why people in my new neighborhood keep giving me weird looks. For a laugh, my brother had gone around telling them I'm a parolee, and implying that I couldn't be trusted around their children. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/08/2020 20:06

Today, my father-in law-shared his opinion that autistic kids should be beaten until they act normal. He saw fit to share this while my autistic son was having a meltdown because my father-in-law came to the house without warning, and my son violently hates visitors without prior warning. FML

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Nice try, Patricia

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 really? - 16/05/2017 12:00 - United States - Concord

Today, my son told me that some kids had been picking on him at school. When I asked him to elaborate, he said that kids sometimes didn't say "Hi" back when he greeted them. 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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Eugenics and BBQ sauce

By Anonymous - 05/09/2023 06:00

Today, my father is strongly trying to convince me not to have kids because "autism runs strong" in my husband's family, and he’ll be damned if any grandchild of his is subnormal because what would the neighbours think, and he couldn’t invite his colleagues to our family barbecues anymore. FML

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rosslynch553 16

Wednesday 30 March 2016 13:50

Vaccines aren't bad! They prevent serious outbreaks of diseases. They dont cause autism!

Daniven36 12

Wednesday 30 March 2016 13:49

I thought Canada was supposed to be nice?

Comments

doodlecloud 26

Wednesday 30 March 2016 14:51

Ugh, even if vaccines DID cause autism, how would a lecture from some twat at a corner store help? Can't go back and change it, even if you wanted. So even if he does believe that he should shut the hell up.

GoldCyclone 21

Wednesday 30 March 2016 14:55

What caused the storekeeper's stupidity?

EwahWeeWah 21

Wednesday 30 March 2016 15:19

Following the sheep herd, it seems.

brick0 11

Wednesday 30 March 2016 15:07

Just tell your son those people are assholes whom you do not need to associate yourselves with and move on with your life.

TheNewGuy03 28

Wednesday 30 March 2016 15:08

DOCBASTARD!!! WE NEED YOU OVER HERE!

bad_boyfriend 10

Wednesday 30 March 2016 15:16

Wait until you meet the president of the HOA

soulreaper12296 28

Wednesday 30 March 2016 16:05

If people in the neighborhood are that stupid I'd be trying to find a new one. Or just avoid everyone as much as possible.

Talis99 26

Wednesday 30 March 2016 16:06

I'm sorry to hear of your experiences, OP. Surely not everyone is that ******* rude. My condolences on your son's autism, but thank you for being an intelligent parent who didn't listen to the insistence that vaccines cause autism and good luck to you and your son. I wish you all the best.

ciammmm 11

Thursday 31 March 2016 8:05

Autism isn't something that requires condolences.

CopperTodd17 10

Wednesday 30 March 2016 16:10

I'm wondering if the child who yelled at him for being on his lawn was ASD himself?

Seabass_Chan 33

Wednesday 30 March 2016 17:04

No one tell DocBastard about this FML.

TheNewGuy03 28

Wednesday 30 March 2016 19:18

It IS his Twitter. Like ... almost everything. I'm surprised his brain hasn't shattered into fragments trying to comprehend all the stupidity that he is fighting.

eyepuppy 31

Wednesday 30 March 2016 22:14

How to raise the blood pressure of DocBastard in three easy words; Vaccines cause autism.

BrotherPhil 35

Thursday 31 March 2016 2:22

He's a good man.

fordneagles 34

Wednesday 30 March 2016 17:13

A friend of mine has a child with autism. Someone once said to her that vaccines had caused the child's autism. She looked her dead in the eye and said he'd never been vaccinated. It wasn't true, he was fully vaccinated, but it was fun watching the stupid woman's brains just implode.