Having Special Needs (autistic, child, old, best)

[imdoneone]

I overheard my parents talking Moderator cut: "badly" about me, how they didn’t ask for a special needs child and how I’m too much to handle. Should I confront them or leave it alone?

[coschristi]

Originally Posted by imdoneone

I overheard my parents talking Moderator cut: Orphaned about me, how they didn’t ask for a special needs child and how I’m too much to handle. Should I confront them or leave it alone?

You don't know? I am 'special needs' & am raising a severely impaired special needs child. I was an awful kid & I knew it.

My severely autistic son became violent at onset of puberty & he is 6'3 & 220 lbs. I didn't ask for this & neither did he but my parents loved me & I love him.

I'm sure if he could talk; he'd tell you he'd rather be out showing off for girls & trying out for football right now; not looking like an asshat by trying to punch his mom in public. Nobody asks for this. It's not what you got in life but what you do with what you've got.

Be the best you that you can be; being special needs doesn't give you a free pass to act bad. And raising a special needs child is HARD, cut your parents some slack & remember that success is the best revenge.

[CraigCreek]

Originally Posted by imdoneone

I overheard my parents talking Moderator cut: Orphaned about me, how they didn’t ask for a special needs child and how I’m too much to handle. Should I confront them or leave it alone?

Hang on a minute. In one of your previous posts, you expressed concern that your three autistic granddaughters, two in their twenties and one only seven, might someday have children of their own.

How old are your parents, given that you claim to have two grown granddaughters, and why are they calling you, a grandparent with two grown granddaughters, a special needs "child", and why are they still "handling" you??

Your stories don't fit together well. Are you having us on?