I'd Rather He Ay Caramba! then Gigitty

or how the Simpsons was my first paid artist gig (technically)

When people find out my son is autistic, two things pretty much happen. And this applies only to parents of neuro-typical kiddos (with other special needs parents you just tend to get a sigh of relief, like being in a foreign country, not knowing the language and running into someone that speaks English).

But parents of neuro-typical kiddos will first give you some kind of weird consolation comment. Something usually along the lines of: he looks totally normal, I wouldn’t have even noticed, I’m sure it’s only a little autism. The books I read and parent support groups I’m in say these comments should bother me, but I think overall people mean well. They are stupid comments, don’t get me wrong. But can I blame them?