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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Big boomer energy

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

Kramer1998 20

Thursday 31 March 2016 13:46

Move away, that neighbourhood sounds autistic

Psyseon 22

Thursday 31 March 2016 19:58

Firstly, thank you for being a proud mother of your ASD child. And that clerk needs to be told to **** himself. That's been disproven and is just plain rude. I hope your son can learn to like the neighborhood.

gio1272ify 13

Thursday 31 March 2016 23:58

I'm not allowed to have vaccines because of a order due to me having sickle cell trait (from my mom) and lupus (from my dad) it would be dangerous for me to get a vaccine.

gio1272ify 13

Thursday 31 March 2016 23:59

where did you move to

JohnnyWake0 13

Thursday 7 April 2016 4:07

Oh I would have to burn that whole neighborhood down

repKyle95 24

Monday 2 May 2016 4:16

That clerk needs to be fired, nobody that ******* stupid should have a job. Growing up with autism is hard enough, having people thinking that you are essentially better off dead is even worse. Anti-vaxxers need to get the **** off this planet.

FunSize85 6

Sunday 8 May 2016 11:07

it'll get better...

NostalgiaFreak9 41

Thursday 1 September 2016 4:06

People who believe vaccines cause autism need to **** off and die. I myself am not autistic, and I may have hated getting vaccines as a child, but I'm thankful that my parents aren't stupid enough to believe that bullshit and got me vaccinated.