What Kid is Really "normal"

So sad! If people are brave enough to be this hateful they should also be as brave to show their face! This is the same as being a bully, when they are really stood to most bullies are big babies their selves.

via Everyone Matters:

An anonymous letter complaining about a next door neighbor's child with autism - saying the child is noisy, and should be euthanized - has pained the family, outraged the community of Newcastle, an hour from Toronto, and stirred viral outrage, as it circulated online yesterday. "It's awful words, You don't know why somebody would ever do such a thing," says Brenda Millson, the grandmother of the boy, Max, 13, who stays with her every summer, and who found the typed note in her mailbox.

Understandly, Max's parents have been devastated. "I have secondary progressive MS, so I can't run or walk with him anymore," cried Karla Begley, Max's mother, responding to the note's accusation that the boy should be taken to a park or nature trail rather than make noise right outside the house.

Jim Begley, Max's father, was concerned about the tone of the note. "A person that's that crazy or demented that would fabricate something like that leads you to believe that they're very dangerous. Right now I'm very scared for my son's safety."

The local Durham police are planning to file charges if the note's author is identified. Fortunately, the community has rallied behind the family. "Max is welcome here anytime," says a neighbor.

The more we all understand each other's differences, the less judgment there will be - and the accusation of "otherness." Everyone Matters
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Thanks to Velvet Rose Wile, Kerry Smedley-Elliott, Tom LaSusa and others who asked us to give support to the Begleys and speak out against such discrimination.