Comments on: Iowa Mother Tried to Kill Autistic Son Before Taking Her Own Life

By: wow

wow — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:41:45 +0000

I’m a mother of 2 autistic boys…yep, even as a sane person, I can understand where this womans mind went. Lets learn that parents of children with disabilities need extra help in the home regardless of income.

By: Owl

Owl — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:21:44 +0000

Just so long as nobody hijacks the story to say that we should sympathize with his mother’s crime. I’m glad the boy survived, terrible thing to happen in any case.

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:26:20 +0000

Rory seemed to keep a cool head in an emergency and act effectively to save his life.

Seems pretty smart, to me.

By: Regan

Regan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:26:33 +0000

Terrible.
I wish that this hadn’t happened and my heart goes out to Rory and his father. Given his behavior in the incident and the ability to describe events, I don’t see Rory as low in intelligence at all.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:54:18 +0000

Err… in that first paragraph, “when intelligent communication…” should be “here intelligent communication…”.

So much for acquired English skills.

Cliff

By: Cliff

Cliff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:52:42 +0000

Yeah, I noted that too, regarding his obvious perception of emotional states… but, of course, when intelligent communication is considered equivalent to intelligence.

Ugh… it gets hard to think about this without getting upset. I would like to think that my parents wouldn’t ever harm me, and while I think that is most certainly true (it’s not in their disposition whatsoever), I wonder if they thought the same thing…

Cliff

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:38:15 +0000

Yes , this is very sad.

But , I wonder.. More than likely, Rory’s mother was predisposed to depression..

Whether Rory was autistic or not, likely would not have made a big difference.
Bringing up kids, autistic or not, is a tough job for many..

Rory could understand that his mother was mad.. and sad..
Quite a perceptive young guy..” considering he functioned at a(supposed) low level of intelligence.”

Shakes head!

By: Casdok

Casdok — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:39:36 +0000

This is so sad.

By: Mrs. C

Mrs. C — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:34:31 +0000

Oh, poor Rory! I just wonder at what he “went through” during the interview process… what they had to put him through to find out what happened.

By: Marla

Marla — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:29:28 +0000

Terrible. It does make you wonder about so many things. It takes me a while to process these types of news stories.