Comments on: What’s Wrong with This Picture? http://autismisnottheboss.com/2010/04/whats-wrong-with-this-picture/ Parenting tips for children on the autism spectrum. Is it possible to live with autism without losing your mind, your life savings, or your spouse? Yes! It may be an uphill climb at times, but there are also some surprisingly easy spots. So for those parents who are determined to enjoy life with autism, welcome. Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:05:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Joann http://autismisnottheboss.com/2010/04/whats-wrong-with-this-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Joann Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:32 +0000 http://autismisnottheboss.com/?p=690#comment-675 Ugh, what is wrong, indeed? It's insane. I had to take my son to hid ped the other day. He's been having terrible tantrums and although I suspected they were development/sensory related, we wanted to rule out anything like an ear infection. Anyway, the medical student that came in seemed *very* uncomfortable with my son, who is lovely, and also pretty much non-verbal. I was thinking, if you're a medical student in pediatrics in 2010, you'd better get more comfortable working with patients with autism. My son's public school preschool teacher is also very nice, but has very little experience with children with autism. His 'peers' at school are mentally retarded or have down syndrome, which are not the same as autism at all! It's beyond frustrating and downright scary. It makes me want to never send him to school at all. Ugh, what is wrong, indeed? It’s insane. I had to take my son to hid ped the other day. He’s been having terrible tantrums and although I suspected they were development/sensory related, we wanted to rule out anything like an ear infection. Anyway, the medical student that came in seemed *very* uncomfortable with my son, who is lovely, and also pretty much non-verbal. I was thinking, if you’re a medical student in pediatrics in 2010, you’d better get more comfortable working with patients with autism. My son’s public school preschool teacher is also very nice, but has very little experience with children with autism. His ‘peers’ at school are mentally retarded or have down syndrome, which are not the same as autism at all! It’s beyond frustrating and downright scary. It makes me want to never send him to school at all.

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