r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 18d ago

Wholesome Moments Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

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u/batwork61 17d ago

For anyone reading this, having kids that are not neurotypical is an incredibly, unimaginably hard thing to go through and society is not set up to offer much assistance at all. Having neurotypical, healthy kids is hard enough. Having kids who are not that is such a difficult life. Please be compassionate towards people who are going through this.

My wife is a Neurodevelopment expert who specializes in autism and the amount of families she meets who are just desperate and broken is incredibly sad. These people need your help and your compassion.

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u/False_Print3889 17d ago

tldr: Always abort these kids...

Like wtf are you even thinking

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u/batwork61 17d ago

Autism is not something that can be tested while in the womb and, to my understanding, often not something that can be really be suspected until infants start missing their milestones around 12 months. Even then, there are infants who are completely typical until around 18 months, when they experience a regression and some of the traits associated with autism begin to show.