Alex Spourdalakis Killing Exploited by Neurodiversity Extremist Emily J. Willingham

Parents who speak honestly about the realities of autism disorders and the few journalists who dare challenge established views of autism causation are under attack .... again ... by Forbes Columnist Emily J. Willingham, formerly known, a few years before her Forbes career, as blogger Daisy May Fatty Pants.  Not content to express her legal opinions about the outcome of the criminal charges that have been brought against the accused killers of Alex Spourdalakis, his mother and a woman described by Willingham as Alex's "godmother",  Willingham launches into a tirade against parents who describe the harsher realities affecting those with severe autism disorders, parents of children with severe autism, children who do not sit as corporate trustees on organizations like the ironically named "Autism Self Advocacy Network" corporation: "It’s become typical, again and again, for parents who murder their autistic children to get some kind of a “pass” from the commentariat and the news media because, well, autism is “such a challenge.” That’s in part because some autism organizations and members of the news media have successfully presented autism as a “monster” and a “ kidnapper” instead of as the developmental condition that it is. So in the public mind, an allegedly overwhelmed mother with “ no supports” should certainly be pitied and not judged harshly for killing the “monster.”" I am a Canadian, not an American, lawye...
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