Review of Autism: The Musical (2007) by Shannon M — 14 Dec 2009

WHAT THE FUCK. Get that crazy theater bitch away from other people's kids. Her priority was clearly: making a musical. And getting praise for being some kind of hero for making a fucking musical, with autistic kids. She even had the nerve to call her thing "The Miracle Project". BECAUSE MAKING A MUSICAL IS A MIRACLE? What a horrible lady. Her son (who has autism and is non-verbal) used a machine to type out "Mom I want to put you on the spot. Be a better listener." NO SERIOUSLY. GODDD. All the kids, and most of the parents (with the creepy exception of the one who said she hoped her kid would die before she did) are great. But that lady.. goddd. WORST EVER. Abhorrent. She had NO concept of how to deal with austism (I know, I'm not like an expert msyelf, and she has a child w/ autism, but she knows how to deal with HER kid, and that's it). Being a theatre NUTBAG (redundant?) doesn't qualify you to work with people. OH man, she sucks.

In other news- facilitated communication is so sketchy sometimes. They ahd one kid who was using a keyboard on a paper to "communicate" w/ his parents but like.. I could SEE that the mom was moving his hand. It was just kind of sad. Anyway. All the kids are adorable and great. But it still pissed me off...