(Trigger Warning: Murder)
I have no words. Another innocent autistic child has been murdered by the hands of his mother. A beautiful little boy lost his life when his mother threw him off a bridge. I have no words.
This is a post I wrote in September 2013 when two other autistic children were murdered by their mother – MADNESS.
Why does this keep happening? If the child was not disabled, people would be shouting for justice! Instead we get people like Dee Shepherd-Look spouting garbage.
Dee Shepherd-Look is a psychology professor at California State University, Northridge, who happens to run an education group for mothers of autistic children, said “quite frankly, I am surprised this doesn’t happen more often.”
“These children are really unable to be in a reciprocal relationship and the moms don’t really experience the love that comes back from a child — the bonding is mitigated,” she told NBC News. “That is one of the most difficult things for mothers.”
Dee Shepherd-Look, YOU ARE WRONG! Autistic people of any age are loving and are lovable!
Here is an important message that Zoe Gross posted on Facebook:
“I know a lot of my facebook friends are part of communities of parents of disabled kids, or work with parents, and I want to get this message out there. On Monday night a 6-year-old autistic boy named London McCabe was thrown off a bridge by his mother.
In a video made a year ago, London’s mother says to her supporters that “You are making this experience livable versus us pulling a ‘Thelma and Louise,’ which I have totally thought about … I said it.”
After Alex Spourdalakis was killed by his mother and godmother, a family friend came forward to say, leading up to the murder, Alex’s mother “just kept saying this was the end of Alex.”
After Issy Stapelton’s mother attempted to kill her, personal care workers and relatives came forward to say that she had “stated that children with autism have to be taken care of, such as taking the child to the train tracks or off a cliff and suggesting a parent should kill his or her child,” and said that if Issy were a dog, she would be “put down.”
Contrast with this: in 2012, Kristin and Kiah Firth, ages 4 and 2, went missing when their parents fled with them after expressing frustration that treatments for Kristin’s autism weren’t working to their satisfaction. Hospital workers reported to police that the parents had mentioned they were considering murder-suicide. After a search for the missing family, the girls were found safe and removed from the custody of their parents, saving their lives.
If you ever hear someone say that they have considered killing their child, that they expect their child will die soon, or that they believe their child ought to be dead or wish their child were dead, you need to contact law enforcement immediately. Even if the person is your dear friend. Even if you are convinced they would never do such a thing. Although to some extent these sentiments have been normalized in the autism community, these are known warning signs and we’ve seen them over and over again in cases of horrific abuse, murder and attempted murder. Usually we hear about them too late.
I want #JusticeForLondon but I want SAFETY for those who come after him.”
I couldn’t I agree with you more, Zoe. Thank you for your words.
Here is ASAN’s Statement on the Murder of London McCabe.
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(A reminder from Karla Fisher – “I don’t need to walk in anybody’s shoes to know that killing your own child is WRONG 100% of the time.”)
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