Annoyed by Ignorance
Last night the sewer line backed up and flooded the downstairs apartments. I guess it was reccommended that we leave for the night. Of course none of us had money, and I had nobody to take me or Michael in. The father (who is usually absent or jailed) of my neighbor's children was trying to tell me that with Michael's "problems" the fumes and such would be even worse for him. He kept saying it as if he knew all about my son and everything. I was more and more offended with each word he spoke. Especially since he was sounding so sure, as if he were an expert. Yet he has rarely seen Michael in the last year.
I just wanted to scream at him that Autism is a mental condition, Michael would get sick the same in any way a "normal" child would...
I suppose we will be facing ignorant people like that many times to come...
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