Comments on: HOLLY ROBINSON PEETE: AUTISM “DESTROYS FAMILIES”

By: missphilly

missphilly — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:01:45 +0000

my son is 14. he was diagnosed at age 2. at that time there we’re no af/am families celeb or not that i could relate to..now there are and i don’t feel as alone as i did years ago.

Flag this

By: nikki harris

nikki harris — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:46:38 +0000

my son was diagnosed with autism just a few weeks ago and i am still trying to figure out what the hell is going on. i guess i am going to research it.

Flag this

By: Khrish Hill

Khrish Hill — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:37:06 +0000

As well as a loving family. She is a great advocate for Autism,

Flag this

By: Khrish Hill

Khrish Hill — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:30 +0000

HANABO It’s so good to talk with you. I can’t find out where I used Pre-autism. Looked back over my post but couldn’t find it. I guess maybe it was the part where I said that my son received the shots but that was way before they ever started talking about the shots maybe being the culprit of this disorder. There have been a few things that I have learned from watching different programs that have been shown of television. I know that my son will allow us to hug him but it’s like a slow lean in for the hug. I heard recently that when they are touched it’s like the shock you receive from static electricity. that was a real help to me and his siblings because now we take it really slow when we hug him. While we didn’t find the help we needed in London, I must say that the family and I truly enjoyed our stay there. I really love London and so do my children. I got to see so many things that I had read about in novels and learned while studying English Lit. And Christmas there was magical. Since I don’t like the hot weather, the temperature was perfect and I never mined the rain. But I did develop an allergy to the roses as much as I love them. We lived in Hampstead and I loved walking around the area and met so many wonderful people. So it was not a total lose. I hope we can keep in touch and you can let me know how your son is coming along. Take care. Good talking with you.

Flag this

By: stacy

stacy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:12:09 +0000

best looking hoolywood family,they always look good

Flag this

By: hanaboo

hanaboo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:47:32 +0000

hi khrish, yes i’m english, but i don’t think we in england know much more about it than anywhere else as you sadly discovered, it must have been hard moving here only to find that out.
i’m glad you finally found somewhere more helpful for your son, its a shame that people don’t know more about autism, and also that governments are still willing to risk the health of children for the sake of saving some money! my daughter had the shots and luckily she’s fine but i think that next time i have a child i will pay for separate shots… what do you mean by the “pre-autism” with the shots? i’m not sure i know about that?
i’m so happy to hear that your son is able to hold down a job and have a fulfillng life, i hear so much about people with this condition that don’t get anywhere in life, maybe thats just here in england? and also maybe to do with the amount of parents who just give up on their children, its so sad, i expect it was your good attitude and willingness to help your son that got him where he is today.
i wish you and your son the best and i also hope something will be discovered/done to help all these children.

Flag this

By: Khrish Hill

Khrish Hill — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:42:10 +0000

That’s interesting because I never heard that it was hereditary. But they really haven’t know a whole lot about it. I know they have said that is more likely that a male child will be autistic than a female. Thanks for that info.

Flag this

By: Mandi

Mandi — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:44:05 +0000

I have a son who is autistic and I think it destroys families who cannot cope with an ‘imperfect’ world. One of my sons friends lives with his grandmother because as soon as the mum was told that he was autistic she put the child in foster care. Regarding the immunisations, I left it until my second son was three before letting hime have his as any syptom would have shown by that age. He is 4 1/2 and developing normally. I also have to point out that in some cases it can be hereditary as my father had classic symptoms of Aspergers which is on the Autistic Spectrum, we just though that he was difficult and particular.

Flag this

By: Khrish Hill

Khrish Hill — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:10:51 +0000

He is blessed. Are you from England. I had heard when my son was small that England was far ahead of America when it came to autism. We moved there and found that their treatment of children who were autistic was not up to par. Our son bumped a child who had been waiting for 4 years for a spot in the program and we had to sign a contract saying that we would be a part of the program for no more than 3 years. Well, we found the program no more than a glorified babysitting facility and they had the children in a special school that kept them away from the “normal” children; where in America we were working to intergrate them into the normal classrooms, at least for some of the studies. They were shocked to learn that we had been told that they were forerunners in Autism because they wanted to know from us all that America was doing. We kept our son there for 1 1/2 years and returned to America where we found that North Carolina, Chapel Hill UNC was really the forerunner with a program called TEACCH. Which did more for our son than England ever could. But then all this is after Autism; I guess your Prime Minister took the pre-Autism with the shots. At that time we did not know about the shots being the possible culprits. I do know that UNC has been doing the Fruitfly research but have heard nothing about it lately. I am always hoping for something to help our children. He is my baby child and I know that Wynton Marsalis has a brother who is also autistic. Someday!

Flag this

By: Khrish Hill

Khrish Hill — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:58:25 +0000

I think that you know nothing about Autism. It doesn’t matter how much she has, her child is in a situation that even with money, there is little that you can do. No there are not a lot of things that people who don’t have money can use, because you see there is so little known about Autism and we are reaching for straws to help us find out all that we can. I’m sure that Holly isn’t asking you to feel sorry for her son, none of us are; but I would like for you to spend more time learning what there is to know about autism before you are so quick to refer to her as a whiner. I ran to doctors for years before they were able to tell me what was wrong with my son. Yes, I was financially able to do that, but it certainly didn’t make it any less harder for me to know that my child had problems and I couldn’t know what they were. You have never walked in Holly’s shoes and God willing, you will never have to. Just be a bit careful how you indict people. Contrary to popular belief, money is not a panacea.

Flag this