My husband thinks that autism is an excuse for attention.

Married 3 years to a good guy but he thinks I spoil my son when I visit him 1 or 2 times a week. I teach him to cook, bake, do laundry and wash up in his appartment. What am i doing wrong? My husband is not my son's father (he died). How can someone not understand that i love my son and want to help him be self sufficient. I'm not a psychiatrist so i can't help him in that area. But i can love and support and encourage my son. I don't understand how this nice person doesn't get it.

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Bexsy

You're not doing anything wrong. My daughter is nonverbal Autistic and is not self sufficient to be on her own. When I hear someone say Autistics just want attention..i find it upsetting. My daughter hates attention of any kind. She doesn't even like strangers looking at her. This of course makes socializing extremely difficult

Savanah · 61-69, F

@Bexsy i am blessed that he is high functioning but does struggle with many issues. He wants to learn but society doesn't take him seriously. Either they think that they're not normal (handicapped) or they think it's all a show. Please. Give me a break. When are we as a society going to understand that they think differenly and process differently. Geez, we're all HUMAN.