Autism Fathers and Autistic Pride

I find it more than ironic that, this being both Father’s Day and National Autistic Pride Day, my previous post was about a prenatal test to screen for autism embryos. On the very day on which we are celebrating fathers and autistic persons, we learn about a test whose purpose is to make it possible not to be an autism parent.

So, in the interest of striking a positive note, I wish to send out especially warm wishes to all the autism fathers I have been fortunate to get to know, thanks to this blog and to Autismland. First though, I have to salute the autism dad in our household who started his day at 4am bringing in a sick-to-stomach Charlie to the bathroom: HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, JIM! And HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to Aspie Dad, Brett, Dad-NOS, Francois, Jemal, Joseph, Kev, Mike, Robert, Shaun, Vincent, Wade, my own dad, my father-in-law, and many, many others. And to Michael McCarron and, especially, to Paul McCarron.