A few observations:
1. Arguing over imperfect interpretations of hastily chosen words can be counterproductive.
2. Indeed, as the body of knowledge regarding autism and its bedfellows has grown, so too has grown the diagnosis rate. In the past, kids with autism were diagnosed with things like “unspecified dementia”.
3. When one member of a family has a disability (regardless of its form), then the whole family must make lifestyle choices that take the disability into account.
4. Someone will always misunderstand you and your disabled child. Accept it and move forward.
5. We as parents of kids with disabilities sometimes make poor choices as we adjust to our kids’ behaviors. Accept it and move forward.
6. What works for one kid with autism often doesn’t work for the next one.
7. If you take offense at another writer’s opinions about your posts, then perhaps blogging isn’t for you.
