Comments on: Trial of Karen McCarron:Day 1

By: Autism Vox 2008 in Review: January

Autism Vox 2008 in Review: January — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:07:45 +0000

[...] trial of Dr. Karen McCarron began on January 7th. On January 16th, McCarron was ruled guilty on all counts. On April 1st, she [...]

By: Discussing Autism » Blog Archive » Week in Review

Discussing Autism » Blog Archive » Week in Review — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:34:47 +0000

[...] Intervention last week other bloggers like Autism Vox, were focusing in on Thimerosal again, the Trial of Karen McCarron, and Gene deletion…all HUGE [...]

By: Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 2

Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 2 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:40:00 +0000

[...] McCarron’s mother, brother, and her father-in-law testified on the second day of her trial, the January 9th Peoria Journal-Star reports. McCarron is charged with killing her three-year-old [...]

By: Bink

Bink — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:38:46 +0000

It is so wrenching. I actually have to stop reading these updates in the morning before I get my children off to school, or they will wonder why Mommy is crying. One thing that especially bothers me is the “poor me” attitude of Dr. McCarron despite the level of support she had. I know parents of autistic kids who have had NO support, no aides, little money, who have been bitten and kicked and have spent sleepless night after sleepless night, but who have kept on going forward, loving their children and reaching out a hand for help. It’s just what a parent does.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:52:33 +0000

It’s wrenching and so much else—–

By: Regan

Regan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:28:22 +0000

No one’s life is perfect…ever, although acceptance, patience and a sense of humor can make a big difference.
I believe this is about unrealistic expectations and control.
This is so depressing. Poor Katie.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:19:25 +0000

Michael McCarron, Karen McCarron’s father-in-law testified today, WANDtv reports.

The father-in-law of a woman on trial for suffocating her 3-year-old autistic daughter says she thought her life would be “perfect” without the girl.

Michael McCarron testified today that Karen McCarron called from the hospital after a suicide attempt and told him she hurt her baby and thought her life would be be perfect without her.

Jurors also listened to a 911 call made from Karen McCarron’s home on the day Katherine McCarron died.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:00:58 +0000

From today's HOInews.com: At day 2 of McCarron's trial, the 9-1-1 tape made on the day Katherine McCarron died was played.

Karen McCarron did CPR on her daughter long after she knew she was dead.

That's what the prosecution says a 9-1-1 tape proves.

The jury heard the tape in court Tuesday.

In it you can hear McCarron saying “One, two, three..” as she presumably did chest compressions on her three year old daughter, Kathryn [sic].

McCarron's mother, Erna Frank also testified.

She said Karen is a perfectionist who had trouble accepting that her daughter had autism.

Frank says McCarron told her she had hurt Kathryn after Kathryn was found not sleeping in her bed.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:32:02 +0000

Although it is hard to truly anticipate what will happen since we aren’t in the courtroom, I am having a tough time imagining that any jury would acquit under these circumstances. In order to do so, the jurors would have to accept not only that it is okay to have an impulse to kill someone because of the person’s disability, but okay to act on that impulse.

On the other hand, I worry about a jury that has been influenced by things such as that Autism Speaks video that suggests that it is perfectly normal to want to kill autistic children, or the “Ransom Notes” campaign that suggests that it is perfectly normal to view one’s autistic child as some kind of alien pod-person. Things like this suggest that our country, in its quest for perfect children, might be heading backwards into eugenics.

By: Resolved: Keep on Listening and Hold the Pickles

Resolved: Keep on Listening and Hold the Pickles — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:22:24 +0000

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