GO AHEAD AND FLAG MY COMMENTS, BUT IT STILL DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACTS OF THIS.THE ARE SELFISH PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYMORE CHILDREN.THEY WANT A BIG FAMILY GO AND ADOPT THEM,INSTED OF TAKING SUCH A RISK WITH SOMEONE ELSES LIVES.THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE ROLLING THE DICE WITH A LIFE ON THE TABLE.THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

I AGREE!!! There has to be a point when you think of the children, I have a brother who is disabled due to an accident so I do not have anything against disabled people, but when you have your first one who has a disabilities, then another, and then another again, how could they continue… On a different note, with the ammount of peopel in this world, and the ammount of damage we are doing to this earth, people do not need that big of families, it is selfish in itself… or adopt… then you are not bringing more people into this world.

I am in total agreement with how selfish these parents are. I am a speech/language pathologist in private practice who works with not only children on the austism spectrum, but special needs children in general. I have seen the affects of special needs kids on siblings and it can be very debilitating. I cannot understand the concept of having other children with the sole purpose of handing over the life-long responsibility of taking care of their siblings…autism or other special needs…to them. That is the most selfish, unforgiveable act I can imagine…as a mother myself and as a clinician. I am outraged!!

I agree as well. My children are 14 (DD w/ADHD) and 11 (DS w/ASD & ADHD). I knew while I was pregnant that our second child (we didn’t know the gender then) was going to be our last. This decision was made long before autism became part of our daily vocabulary.

I agree 110%…this couple needs to get separate bedrooms, or maybe even separate towns. Just stop breeding, PERIOD!!

They can"t handle the children they have, so they should not have any more. (They should have quit when they discovered that the 2nd or 3rd child was affected.) The “unaffected” kids can’t possibly get any quality time with all the attention that has to be given to the austisic ones. Imagine growing up in all that chaos. So sad for the kids—all of them. Plus the parents already have given the younger dhildren and unborn child the “job” of taking care of their siblings!

Wow. Just wow.  I guess according to all you people two of my five children do not deserve to be here.  So nice to log on here to discuss the autism show and see this kind of nastiness.

I have five children total; the second one is profoundly autistic.  We do not know why; we have no family history of it
 whatsoever.  I do think it is more environmental than genetic in our case as we have started biomedical treatments and our daughter is responding.  We had three children when she was diagnosed; our fourth child was born by choice, the other by chance due to birth control failure.  However now that he is here I would not trade him for anything. 

My children do not deserve your “pity”, thank you.  It is more work and I do have to manage my time probably moreso than I would if my five-year-old was not autistic, but there is nothing that my children lack in necessities (and no, I do not consider not having 200 dollar athletic sneakers or an IPOD to be “lacking” in necessities, sorry).

My neurotypical children love their disabled sister.  And she is very affectionate and gives hugs and kisses back to them.  Having many sibling has its drawbacks, but having multiple siblings has helped my daughter far more than it has hurt her.  I would have had this many children anyway regardless, I always wanted a family size somewhere between five and seven children.  My children are loved and cared for more than some families where there are only one or two children.

If this is all it is going to be is a large family bashfest then I am out of here.   Sorry.  I thought we could all talk about autism but after coming here and reading this kind of negativity and how two of my children do not belong here in all your eyes and how I don’t deserve them and I shouldn’t breed, then I don’t think I will stay.

Do not pity my children.  They are not abused or neglected or lacking in any fashion.  Save your pity for children who really need it.

I see that I am not the only one that disagrees with these people. I can understand having your first child with Autism and contemplating a 2nd. I give them credit for being so patient and dealing with it, but why on earth would you keep having more? I have a nephew with this and is is not fun or pretty. I feel for the poor children. They know nothing of what the world is like nor will they ever, even if they live that long. It saddens me that 2 people are so selfish, to want a big family that they keep having children. They could adopt so many wonderful healthy, normal children that need a lovng home so badly. It just does not make sense to me, and in the end, if something happens to the parents, what will happen to their children? No one will ever be able to take care of them all together and they will be split up and raised individually, let alone a hardship. I think it is very ignorant and immature to keep having more children. It’s not a nice thing to look at, but maybe there should be a law about procreating when you KNOW that you have such an abnormal gene. It would be hard to do, but there has to be a way. I don’t mean to be insensitive, but look at the poor children. I think they are selfish and cruel, and only thinking of themselves. They may very well be nice, caring people, but, only caring about themsleves.

To Mom2fivelilbugs. I’m sorry you think this is a forum for bashing large families. That is not the case. You stated that you have 1 child, your 2nd, who is autistic. That is not the case of the couple who appeared on the show. I know what infuriated me and I think others who have commented here is that the couple on the show kept having children after the 1st 4 were diagnosed as autistic. They admitted that there is most likely a genetic connection in their case. The odds were way skewed against them after their 3rd child, definitely by number 4, yet they kept having children. No one is telling you that your children have no right to be here. No one is telling you that you did anything wrong in having a large family. The people commenting are referring to this one particular family. That family has shown it’s irresponsibility and selfishness. They have stated on nationwide TV that they continued to have children hoping to have “typical” children who could take care of their autistic children after they are no longer able to. THAT is VERY selfish and irresponsible in my book. I mean, how would your 2 youngest children feel if you had them solely for the purpose of eventually taking care of their autistic sibling? The couple on the show KNEW their chances of having autistic children where way higher than average after child #3. They had NO reason to continue having children. They had other ways of having a large family. Adoption has been mentioned by several people.

No one is bashing large families and certainly no one is telling you that your children don’t have a right to exist…ANY of them!

Oh wow, I cannot believe some of you people thinking you should be able to make decisions for these people! You cannot be serious!

Do you have a crystal ball that says/said your own child won’t be autistic? UN BE LEIVABLE!

“Plus the parents already have given the younger dhildren and unborn child the “job” of taking care of their siblings!”

In the absense of a child’s parent, who’s job is it?

“It’s not a nice thing to look at, but maybe there should be a law about procreating when you KNOW that you have such an abnormal gene.”

Please get a freakin educated clue! Don’t you think “they” (the government or whomever you deem is supposed to take care of you) should FIRST prove that there is some an “abnormal gene”.

In what comic book did you read that BS?

Okay I wish I could say that I can’t believe what has been said on here. First of all I feel that some of you do not understand at all what it is like having a child with autism.. My first born son has autism. He is a very special person. How would ANY of you feel if someone told you to NEVER have any more children because my first born child has autism? If I would have listened to that then I never would have had my beautiful and sweet daughter. I think the problem with a lot of you on here is the fact that you don’t see my son as a HUMAN BEING!!! You don’t see him as someone who is good enough for this world. Just because he is different and has special needs you think that his life is ruined. My son is happy every day and see the wonderful things in life. Yes it is more work and things are harder with him but I do and will always believe that he was given to me for a reason. I have never gotten government help either.. We have financial supplied everything for my son and he is worth every cent. My daughter is a better person because she understands that there are special people in this world. She will know of compassion, unconditional love and understanding. It also taught me to not take for granted ANYTHING that she can do. It taught me to be so grateful. I am grateful for both of my children. Maybe if some of you on here would see these children as blessing to our society and people we can learn from then you would not be so against them being born. Each child is a blessing and given to us for different reasons. God makes all things. BTW.. I truly feel that autism is environmental and instead of be nasty about these parents WAKE UP people and start demanding change! Change in the way are food is processed and made. The pesticides that are being used in our foods. The added preservatives to our shots and meds. The rate that this is going whoever you are you WILL know someone in your lifetime that has autism. No one knows if they will truly have a healthy child or not. Stop putting your head in the sand and believing that autism is completely all genetic.. Come on people it’s an EPIDEMIC!!! Are epidemics genetic?? Give me a break! I have an identical twin.. We are VERY identical in every way.. She has two boys and they do not have autism. I have done years of research on this.. You have to become your own advocate for your health. I just think people sleep better at night thinking that this is all in your genes and it couldn’t happen to you or your grandchildren. The numbers are too high!! Do the math!!

Oh and one more thing.. Some of you people on here who think that you are “normal” as you have put it.. Maybe you are the abnormal ones and need to stop having children and razing them to be so judgmental towards people who don’t fit into your box!!!

Does it hurt the kids when they are “razed”?? Sounds very, very painful but I guess it is better than being in a box??

opps… lol.!!

i cant belive some of your post ,i have autism an if i want to have a child that my chice the baby could be typplical or be on the spectrum .but since you arent taking care of the baby it not anyone bunniunbes .i no alot of people wih mild autism who have kids an there kids have autism or other things .but no one perfect .some parents are fat /.you think they shouldnt have kids cuse there kids might be fat