In response to my recent blog post asking whether parents feel guilty because of their child's autism, one parent said:
Because there is no definitive cause of Autism (not one that has been discovered yet), there is no reason to feel guilt. How can one feel guilty when one doesn't know in the first place? I don't feel guilty about Autism. I don't know what caused my childrens' Autism. I have a feeling that it is genetic, but it's just a feeling. My guilts lie in the direction we take ie. therapies, schools, disciplines, etc. Is it the right decision? Was that the right thing to do? Was this medication a good idea? You know, stuff that I can actually control. My children have Autism and that's a fact. Why they do, or how they do is beyond my control. They just do. And for that, I don't feel guilty.
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