Third time pays for all, as they say.

Lizzie

Neither you nor any of your family have been diagnosed as autistic by a qualified professional.

I think by the lack of response we have our answer to that and can move on.

This thread has touched the people it was meant to touch, and that is all that matters to me.

Just who has it touched? It has alienated both people affected by autism and those who have not. Is that 'all that matters' to you?

If you want to personally verbally abuse me, belittle me, or make out that I, or my children, are anything we are not, or anything that we indeed are

Difficult to verbally abuse anyone via an internet forum but I think we can forgive that one. We all make mastikes. But, as you said, personal abuse is not permitted on this forum so, just by virtue of the fact that none of the posts have been deleted I think you must agree that personal abuse has not occured here. So what is the issue?

DeG