PUTTING GUILT INTO PERSPECTIVE

It’s so ironic that some people say that we, who believe environmental factors may have triggered our children’s autism, only believe that because we feel guilt because we did not produce genetically perfect children. They just don’t understand that most of us feel no guilt at all about genes we can’t control, but we do feel guilty about not learning more of the dangers to which we exposed our children.

We feel guilty that we did not take seriously the buzz that was starting about mercury in vaccines. We feel guilty that we did not heed the warnings about pregnant women eating tuna. We feel guilty about our complicity in exposing our children to hazards that may have contributed to their autism.

Ginger puts our guilt into perspective. It’s a good read.