My Autistic Child goes crazy

NAS5794 said:

Maybe crazy was a little strong, but mad is certainly a word I could see myself using if this situation were mine. That's simply the way people talk, and as long as no offence is meant by it that's fine with me. It's best not to have too much of an "us and them" attitude.

I'm not going to write what I really want to write in response to this (which woud be something along the lines of "I think you're an [insert some extremely offensive statement here], but I mean no offence by that", because it quite simply is not fine to say something offensive, even if no offence was meant.

It is also not okay to dismiss a person's feelings as if they do not matter, when they point out that your statement has caused them offense.

It is, however, okay to unwittingly say something offensive, and to then apologise for it when it is pointed out.

NAS5794 said:

Maybe crazy was a little strong, but mad is certainly a word I could see myself using if this situation were mine. That's simply the way people talk, and as long as no offence is meant by it that's fine with me. It's best not to have too much of an "us and them" attitude.

I'm not going to write what I really want to write in response to this (which woud be something along the lines of "I think you're an [insert some extremely offensive statement here], but I mean no offence by that", because it quite simply is not fine to say something offensive, even if no offence was meant.

It is also not okay to dismiss a person's feelings as if they do not matter, when they point out that your statement has caused them offense.

It is, however, okay to unwittingly say something offensive, and to then apologise for it when it is pointed out.