Neighborhood United After Vile Anonymous Letter is Sent to Parents of Autistic Child

[quizzicalsphinx]

A disturbing letter targeting a teen with autism has shaken the boy's family and rallied the local community to their defense.

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[blondebeaker]

You know who the letter writer reminds of? That vile couple who harassed that dying little girl online and dragged a coffin with the girl's name on it down the street. All because they weren't invited to a party the girl's grandmother held.

[zombieroadtrip]

I thought of those remorseless pieces of shit too

[kickballrussle6]

Wow, the efforts that people will go through to be cruel and petty.

[roseofjuly]

I don't understand how anyone could write this about another human being, let alone a child. And then have the nerve to send it to this child's mother. If someone had did this to them, they'd be breathing fire and threats up and down the street. It's ironic, really, because they bray about the mom's sense of entitlement when really the letter reveals what a humongous galaxy-sized sense of entitlement they have themselves.

[blondebeaker]

Here is another article about it.

The only hostility the family had sensed in the Newcastle neighbourhood was four years ago, she said.

At the time, Max loved to throw a ball in the backyard and as he often threw it over fences, Millson had written her name and address on it, Begley said.

One day it arrived in the yard tattered, she said.

"They took the time to shred the ball with scissors and throw it back over."

Begley added the family did not know what yard the ball was thrown into.

I bet whoever did that wrote the letter, the big jerks.

[merinnan]

JFC. I'm autistic, and this both infuriates and frightens me. There are an awful lot of people like this letter-writer who think we should all just be wiped out, but most of them aren't this openly blatant about it. I'm so glad the family notified the police, and that the police are taking it seriously and investigating.

And now I know why my boyfriend last night told me "[Friend X] just posted an article on Facebook. DO NOT READ IT. You'll get too furious to be able to sleep." When I skimmed past it I saw it had something to do with an autistic kid in Newcastle, so I'm pretty sure this was it.

[darth_eldritch]

I'm on the spectrum and my daughter was severely autistic when she was younger. The vileness I've seen is awful. I've had neighbors who didn't like it when I let her outside for a few minutes to run around and get some exercise. And she wasn't loud or disruptive, played like any other kid. I've gotten such attitudes from complete strangers it's sickening.

I read that letter and I'm like, yeah, typical. People are so shitty.

[alryssa]

Your boyfriend is a smart cookie, to be sure.

[louisiane_fille]

The amount of ignorance and selfishness in this letter boggles me. I hope the police find the horrid person who sent this. She doesn't deserve to come out of this unscathed.