On “great accomplishments”
July 18, 2006 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
A comment left on the Washington Post’s July 15th article about William Lash III said:
did anyone wonder what it was like for this man with such great accomplishments to have an Austic son [sic] (Mina Schoenheit, MA Portland, Oregon)
I find this comment very painful to read.
Being the mother of my nine-year-old autistic son Charlie is and will be my great—my greatest—accomplishment.
Okay, WHAT?!?!?
The guy had a kid. I’d count that among his accomplishments, regardless of diagnosis.
Hey, I have a kid weirder than I am.
That is quite an accomplishment!
I’m pretty darn proud of myself for that one. Sam’s great.
Having my lovely kid and our life with him—-best thing I’m sure to do.