As a parent of an autistic child, with severe anger issues and prone to meltdowns, getting help and a break from this type of behavior is extremely helpful. From 2006-2012, I had Christian enrolled in “kids club” a local organization that provides an after-school program for autistic kids that puts emphasis on improving social behaviors, interacting with peers and learning proper social behaviors and life skills in various public settings (local stores, the mall, library, etc.).
Christian enjoyed this program and he really loved the field trips to the YMCA pool and the summer field trips to the Codorus State Park pool. Christian had his good days and bad days there, like all the other children. However, Christian’s temper tantrums were more challenging than the other children, but this place has trained staff, trained specifically to deal with autistic children to help him through these tantrums and try to teach him how to appropriately express himself when he is frustrated or not happy.
In February of 2012 I was told by his group leader that had had a bad tantrum and she also noted that this was the first one he has had in 6 months, which I thought was very good. So she asked me for suggestions on how they can help him when he is having a meltdown. I emailed her with a suggestion of taking him away from the group and letting him watch his portable DVD player, for about 10 minutes and using it as a reward. Therefore, if he acts up, redirect to the DVD player – which is portable, so he wouldn’t have to be taken to another part of the building, he could just be set apart from the group. I never received a response to this email – so I just went ahead and dropped the DVD player off with the group leader. Months go by, never hear from his group leader, no status on his progress, nothing – until May 30th. On May 30th, the group leader calls me and says, “I’m sorry Kim, but he had another incident last night.” I said, “Well today is his last day for the year, he will be off 2 weeks then he will start the summer program with you, so he will probably be fine.” She continues, “No, I’m sorry you need to get a meds (medicine check) check and YOU need to get his aggression under control before we can let him back.” I said, “Are you discharging us now? You are doing this to us now? It is May 30th! I only had him scheduled for Kids Club, he can’t sit at home all summer. What are we supposed to do?“ She continues, “Well you can speak with my supervisor if you would like.” Her attitude was completely as if she enjoyed telling me this and she knew that I had nothing scheduled for him and didn’t care. See, if my child does not have anything to do in the summer, he like normal kids and kids bored, however, unlike normal kids, my child gets irritable and the more irritable he gets the more severe temper tantrums and meltdowns occur.
They did this to us before in the summer of 2010, on the very first day of summer, I told the program director, give him sometime to adjust, and the will be fine. Nope. First day, after one hour, they called me in and said I had to get him, they handed me a letter to sign saying that he could only attend for 2 hours Mon-Thursday all summer – therefore he could not participate in any field trips or activities. What was the point? I said, never mind, we will be back in the fall. Program director called me later, and I said, “you got want you wanted, you don’t have to deal with him for the rest of the summer.” “Oh no, Mrs. Goff, we love Christian, we really want him here.“ Are you serious? How stupid do I look to you? That summer was such a horrible summer for us – we had no where to send him and he ended up having 7 hour tantrums at least once a week – it was horrible – thanks to kids club. I ended up taking him to Hanover Hospital multiple times that summer because he was so out of control and I had nobody to help me. Without structure and routine, Christian cannot take being home all day. This is what makes me so angry – they are supposed to help us and they made our lives 20 times worse, but hey it’s not them who has the problem it’s me. I am the one with the problem, the attitude, the temper. They do this to people and get away with it and it is WRONG!
So, there we were right at the beginning of the summer of 2012 with no activity or program scheduled for my son to participate in. We didn’t sign up for Extended Summer School (summer school at his current school) (ESY) in March, because this “kids club” had approved him for their summer scheduled and now they decided to wait until the very last minute to kick him out and leave us high and dry. I was furious.
Fortunately, my case worker at the time, was able to get me in contact with the Spring Grove Recreational Camp and we were able to get Christian signed up with their program on the condition that his TSS attend with him. In addition, I contact Christian’s teacher and asked if there was any way we could get into ESY at the last minute. Fortunately, we were able to get him into both programs.
In June, I went to the doctors and had Christian’s “meds” checked, everything was fine, throughout June and during his ESY program in July, Christian’s aggression had gone down, it was documented by the school staff, by his TSS, by myself in the home and his case worker also witnessed the decrease in his aggression and improvement in his behavior. Therefore, the caseworker, at the end of July, called kids club to ask that Christian be let back in, since we had met and have documentation, that we me their requirements for him to come back. The case worker called, ask the group leader when he could come back and she stated, “No. We have a good thing going here, we don’t want to mess it up.”
RANT WARNING: ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?? Really? Your organization cheats my son out of much needed services, you tell us that he needs a break, he can come back when he is better, we do that and you still say no? Okay, so by this time I am furious – so I emailed the Executive Director of this organization and she suggest we meet. Well we meet, she makes note of everything I complained about and I asked her to contact me in a week to please give me an update on the status of her investigation on this matter.
A week goes by, I don’t hear anything, so I emailed her and asked for an update – she wrote back and stated that she did not find any fault with her staff or how anything was handled and suggested that Christian just continue with the Spring Grove Rec since he was doing well there. She also stated that there was no reason for me to ever contact her again. Really? How unprofessional are you? Again, I was furious. Services are denied to my son, in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner, with no justified reasons, except they simply don’t want him there and it’s okay. It is NOT OKAY!
The group leader called me and said she would like for me to come in and discuss this and I agreed and stated that I have some questions. Now when I was asked to meet her, I was under the impression and assumption that I was meeting with only her. When I got there, I met her at the door thinking we were going back in her office, and she stated that we would be meeting upstairs in the conference room. I thought okay, that’s fine. Well, to my surprise, there were about 10 other people in this meeting. This is what is called an intimidation tactic, they try to intimidate you with all of these other staff members there, staring you down and trying to tell you that you are the one with the problem. Well, here is the problem with that tactic, IT DOESN’T WORK ON ME! Therefore, I didn’t say anything about that, I was in a good mood and didn’t let that shake me so I started speaking: I told them that I just wanted to confirm some facts about the situation with Christian being discharged and that I am not here to get him back in the program because “I do not want Christian to go somewhere where he is not wanted.” No one said anything when I made this statement. It was very clear to me that my assumptions were correct and they simply do not want him there. I asked the group leader to confirm what she stated to me on the phone, about getting a “meds” check and that “I need to get his aggression under control” – and also please note, I am his mother, not a TSS, or trained therapist like they are. She looked as though she was extremely angry and said, “yes”. No one else in the room said anything. I said, “I sent you emails with resolutions to help Christian and you ignored my emails – yes?” She said nothing, nor did anyone else. I asked her to confirm that when the case worker called to ask for Christian to come back that she stated “no, we have a good thing going here and don’t want to mess it up.” She denies the second part of that statement, but confirmed that even though we met her requirements, and we had appropriate documentation to support those met requirements, she still denied him services. She said, “yes”.
The male character in this story who works there, and is another person that is in charge of this group, someone, in my opinion, has no backbone, and someone who I have sent emails to before complaining about services, and who always wrote back saying that he check into it and stated everything is fine (he is someone who doesn’t like confrontations and just goes by whatever his staff says and does not listen to complaints at all, multiple parents have also shared similar stories with me about him), decides to say, “Well, we just don’t think this program is a good fit for Christian.” I said, “really? isn’t Christian the type that your program was created for?” “Well, we just think he would be better off somewhere else.” “Where else? There is no other program like this in Hanover?” Again, no response. I asked them for the paperwork they have on their discharging process, what their requirements are for discharging a child. They looked at me like I had three heads. They said they don’t have that because it is on an individual basis. Okay, let me get this straight, so you discharge children, who are approved by psychologists and insurance agencies to participate in this program and you can discharge them based on no official protocol or regulations? No one said nothing.
They never called to see if Christian improved and never invited him back into the program again. This behavior absolutely makes me sick and I don’t understand why organizations are allowed to get away with this behavior. I have been told about countless stories of how they have discharged many other kids they don’t want to handle anymore and how awful and disrespectful they are to many of the parents of these children. See, when this club first opened it wasn’t making any money – now that they have become this “cash cow” – now they can pick and choose who they want to deal with. So, of course they are going to deal with the more “easier” kids. Here is some more proof they do this, in March I met with another mother whose daughter used to go there. Now, her daughter was much more easier to handle then my son. In March, we were waiting for the approval for Christian to attend kids club and at that time we noticed it was taking much longer than the previous year. Now at this meeting, the mother stated, that kids club had called her to see if her daughter wants to attend the summer program. Okay, let’s think about this, I am waiting for the approval of my son for the summer program, and at this time he IS a current client of kids club, so they go out of their way to contact someone else who ISN’T a client to invite them to come for the summer.
Now the reason they said the approval for Christian would take long, was because of so many kids trying to get in this summer and hours for children being cut back by the insurance agencies. Really? If you don’t have enough spots and hours for the current kids why are you going out and seeking other children who are current clients? You really have to start asking these types of questions, however, when you do you are the one that labeled as the “problem parent”. See when you start to questions things, people in the mental health industry don’t like that.
See, organizations, such as these, think that we parents of special needs kids are stupid and that we can easily be manipulated because we don’t know any better. Unfortunately, this story just get worse. I went on to complain to the agency that funds kids club with his CCBH – wrote my letter, talked to someone, they said they would take action, look into, blah, blah blah. I also asked them to get the documentation from them on their discharging procedures. Well they looked into, did all the paperwork, just to come back and tell me that my complaints are legitimate and they are sorry this happened, but because I am the ONLY one that complained, nothing can be done. So my son’s injustice and ill treatment is allowed because we are the only ones it happened to. Wow. Unbelievable. This is when you learn that no one cares about your child, it is all about money.
Really? My child was wrongly “kicked out” of a service he desperately needs, because those people at kids club do not like my child and do not want to help him. I am not telling you this story because I want him back in there or that they pissed me off. I am telling you this because I think the public needs to be made aware of these wrongdoings. People are contributing money to this organization thinking that it is a great organization that is all about helping kids in need as well as their parents – well from my point of view THIS IS NOT TRUE! In addition, I know many other parents who would agree with me.
Whoever reads this and contributes to this organization you really need to call kids club and ask them what type of organization you are really contributing to. Do you want to contribute money to an organization that throws kids in need to the curb? I bet that is not the type of behavior that you intended to contribute towards.
See, this is the only type of organization that exists in Hanover for parents of children like mine, for some this organization offers the only break that they can get after school and in the summer. Therefore, some of these parents are “enslaved” to this organization and have to put up with rude behavior and ill treatment because they have no where else to send their child. This organization is quite aware of that and that is why they get away with this. What they did to my child and how they treated me is deplorable and disgusting.
I wish another organization would come into Hanover an offer similar services – see when they start losing money, then they will decide to change their tune and improve things. Until then, if the money is good and they have more children coming in than they can accept, they will keep ONLY accepting the “easy kids”.
Let me also make something else clear about me. When something is wrong, I speak the truth. My son was a client of this organization and NO ONE is going to tell me that I cannot speak out about my experiences. I CANNOT be sued for speaking my opinion or how I felt about their services. I did not work for them, they were supposed to work for my son! Verbal threats, legal threats have no impact on me, not does a meeting with a bunch of people giving me dirty looks. Doesn’t work. Tip: If you want to intimidate a target you must research what actually intimidates that target. Organizations/State Agencies, legal representatives, politicians, have no impact on me. I am my own person, and I will not be told that I have to “be quiet” and “not rock the boat”. My intention is not to “rock the boat”, it is to tip the whole thing over so that this doesn’t happen to another child!
This organization should be ashamed of themselves for the injustices that they commit against the children and the parents that they are supposed to be helping.
(Please report any spelling or grammar errors to Kim- thank you!)
First, I want to congratulate you for writing one of the most amusing blog posts I’ve ever wasted my time reading. Sure, you have a right to speak your opinion, but I have the right to speak my mind as well. You have no right, however, to bad mouth this program based only on opinions that I don’t find to be plausible. Are you aware that this program has a 95% satisfaction rate? In the summer of 2011, I volunteered there and witnessed only good experiences. The staff cares very much about their clients and does everything they can to ensure they are getting their treatment in a safe and secure environment. Some clients may have outbursts but they are manageable. They work day in and day out to help these kids and yes, the staff is very well trained in what they do, however, there is only so much they can help with…
You say your son has violent outbursts, correct? Did you ever once think that service was denied after this 6 year period because they had to think of the safety of the other children and staff? If any children are injured in any way because of a client, that comes back on them because they are liable and could also come back on you, with harsh consequences. I shared this post with a social worker friend of mine, and they agree with the risk of injury. Since your son was in the program for 6 years before problems arose, it is quite obvious that they were doing everything in their power to help your son. The head of the program was probably speaking the truth in saying that they enjoyed your child being in the program, but there is only so much they can do for a child, especially if they are violent and not relenting. I am not saying your child is a “bad child” so you can get that out of your head right now. I bet your son is a delightful boy when he is having a good day, judging by his picture. However, if there are no signs of improvement, then maybe another program would be better suited for your son. Are you aware that there is a similar program just in York called Stepping Stones? Did you ever think of enrolling your son there? York isn’t that far from Hanover anyway.
My boyfriend has autism and so does my father, so I know what I am talking about when talking about autism. There was a reason why I volunteered at the kids club. I’ve heard several success stories that came from the clients at the kids club. I’m sorry you don’t believe that for yourself. I’m just glad that very few people will actually read your “rant” of false opinions and nonsense.
Wow Anonymous, wonder why you don’t have the courage to say who you are? What gives you the right to tell me my claims are false? They are not false! This is a true account of what happened and how would you know??? I was there, I had the meetings with them, as did my case worker and TSS. We all know the story. It is not nonsense – your statement proves my theory right – people don’t like the real truth exposed! I know many stories from other parents with experiences similar to mine. I approved your comment to be posted, because I want people to see how others react when the truth is spoken. If I wrote something so false you sure took a lot of time to write me such a long detailed response.
No, the real truth just wasn’t exposed correctly and I’m glad you approved my post so everyone has a second and TRUTHFUL opinion. You don’t need to know my name, because you’ll never know me anyway. A lot of people I know that I shared this with also had a good laugh about your “rant”, knowing you are overreacting for NOTHING. My work is done here. Good day.
I for one am completely shocked at how you’re treating situations you have no knowledge over. You spend so much time trying to justify your words, and how ‘no one can tell you you’re wrong’ and how you ‘can’t be accused of what you’re saying’. If these things you were saying were true why would you even care? Oh, because you’re full of lies and bitterness. I’m sorry you were dealt such a hard hand and I’m sorry things can’t be easier for you, but that gives you absolutely no right to conjure lies and badmouthing a good practice and good people. I know none of this will stop you from spending even more time sitting in front of your little windowed mirror, thinking of reasons things are everyone else’s fault, so go ahead and do it. But just know there are many, many of us out here, outside of your idiocy and complete lack of common sense, and the only pity you are getting from us is total wonder and reverence at your amazing capacity to point a blind finger.
You’re on here yelling about how people judged you and here you are judging a woman who is standing up against your lies and anger. I doubt that is even her real email address. Why would she have a need to post the real thing? Maybe you need to take a good look at yourself in the mirror and wonder who has actually done wrong in this situation. Whoever the anonymous person is, they had a right to say what they did. Just because they chose not to give their name, says nothing about who they are. If anything, it proves that names aren’t important when sticking up for that they believe in. All you had to say back to their response was that you are right and you backed it up with no rebuttal at all. You’re no better than anyone else. You’re a grown woman and appear to be acting as a child or an immature high school girl. I can surely see that now in the way that you are attacking these people who are just speaking their minds and standing up for what they believe in. You should be ashamed of yourself.
My email says I like a song very much. Is that all you really have to pick on? You have nothing to defend yourself over other than “be quiet I can say what I want even though I’m literally the only person who has ever had this problem, I am completely and totally right and this is everyone’s fault but my own.” I’m not sure if you’re just entering your ‘schoolyard fights’ phase, but this is not a credible way to defend yourself or show proof to your claims.
Also, just so you know, this website’s comment section says “your email address will not be published” so I’m assuming it’s some sort of privacy protection. Considering you shared my email in hopes that others would bully me with petty accusations as YOU have done, I’ll be looking into reporting you. It would be a shame if they had to take down this entire post, devoid of substance as it is, but alas, I like to fight like a pre-pubescent 11 year old as well
I love it when people who don’t even know me tell me that I am not speaking the truth and that my opinion is wrong!! Gotta love it!
Kim, you were the key witness at the events that happened to your son. and you are and will remain his best and most loyal advocate. Noone can take that away from you. While i am sure there are people that disagree with you, the people walking the walk with you know what it is all about and also that you have spoke the truth about your situation. If you were lying i am sure you would have remained ‘anonymous’ also.
Debbie – yes I agree, it is my story, my truth, it amazes me how people will attack when you are simply expressing an experience. the comments just proved my point clearly. People will attack when the truth is spoken and it is not warm and fuzzy. I wish more parents would speak up about their experiences.
Would you mind elaborating, since you don’t mind discussing your son’s private medical information in a public forum, the specific nature of his violent outburts? This normally would not be any of my, or anyone else’s, business outside of his family, as well as the medical and therapeutic staff that works with your son. But as you’ve detailed his propensity for violence, I have to wonder whether or not the decision by the directorial staff at Adams Hanover Counselling Service was less motivated by a desire to bully you, intimidate you, or otherwise limit your son’s access to services, or take away your state-funded babysitter and was more a decision motivated by the necessity of ensuring the well-being and safety of the numerous other individuals that receive services at the Amazing Kids Club, my sister included.
My sister, who’s name and specific diagnosis I won’t share out of respect for her privacy, has been known to have meltdowns that could be considered violent — she has been known to throw things, bite her finger until it bleeds, pull chunks of her own hair out, and other behaviors that would be considered violent. However, her injurious behaviors are universally self-directed, and as scary as they might be for me and the rest of my family to witness, we manage through the utilization of behavior modification techniques that both my sister and my family have learned through her attendance at the Amazing Kids Club since it was opened 2005. Whatever destructive behavior my sister may be capable of, we never, ever have to question whether or not other children at the center are safe if she something happens to trigger a meltdown.
There are hundred of children that receive services at the Amazing Kids Club and to expect the staff to put the safety of the other students aside in order to be all-inclusive, no exceptions is not only short-sided, its simply ludicrous. As the elder sister of a disabled sibling, advocating for access to support services has been just as much apart of my life as that of my parents, and there is no lengths that we would not go to see that she receives the best care available to her, so I empathize with your desire to see that your son has access to support services. That being said, I would never, ever expect that care to come at the expense of the safety of anyone else.
And as an aside, if you feel like your son has been treated poorly by the center, why on Earth would you want to continue to enroll him in there? Is it because he genuinely does receive quality therapeutic support from the staff at the center, rendering your rant about his care null and void, or is it because you’d have to figure out some other organization to act as your babysitter, making your argument having nothing to do with care received by your son at the center and everything to do with being pissed off that you’ve been troubled into having to find somewhere else to stash your son during summer vacation?
At the end of the day, its not the job of the staff at the Amazing Kids Club to babysit your child or to figure out what to do with him over the summer so you don’t have to. If you were to enroll your son in the YMCA after-school program and he had violent outbursts, I can assure you that they would have less tolerance for violent behavior than a staff trained in appropriate behavior modification techniques.
Two years ago, after starting a treatment plan to address one of the physical disabilities that plagues my sister, her behavior became erratic and she began to struggle to control her emotional outbursts. This was noted to be a possible side effect to the high dosage hormone patch that was prescribed as apart of her treatment. It was decided, much like you experienced with your son, that a meeting with my sister’s therapy staff would be beneficial in order to ensure that everyone that worked with my sister was on the same page. I know what conference room you’re speaking of — I sat there myself, along with my parents and grandparents who all take an active role in ensuring that the structure and routine that my sister receives at the Amazing Kids Club is replicated at her home as well as the recreational activities my sister participates in. At no point did I feel as if the staff’s presence was meant to be an intimidation, but instead was grateful for the opportunity to collectively, as a team, get on the same page so that there wasn’t any question that everyone was aware of the evolving situation. And before you say my sister is an “easy” case, one of those easy cases the center apparently hand picks for the money, let me assure you that whatever you want to call my sister’s combination of rare and challenging physical disabilities coupled with her autistic behavior — easy is the last word any sane person would use.
You mention that the Amazing Kids Club is the only autism support option in the Hanover are — which is very true. You also mention that the Amazing Kids Club is a ‘cash cow’ that is picking and choosing its clients based on their windfall of money — which is so false its laughable. The Amazing Kids Club, as well as their parent organization Adams Hanover Counselling Services, is a state funded organization that relies on such state funding to operate. The Amazing Kids Club is constantly applying for state and federal grants in order to remain operational and fund the field trips and summer activities that are offered. I myself have donated supplies directly to the center, because funding wouldn’t stretch to be able to buy enough pumpkins for all the kids on Halloween. Of all the offensive or otherwise laughable remarks in your rant, the idea that any public mental healthcare facility operating in 2013 is a cash cow operation is just astoundingly dense.
Are you aware that mental healthcare spending in the state of Pennsylvania has been systematically slashed, year after year, and that services to the disabled community are not just being trimmed, but being cut altogether? Adams Hanover Counselling Services, to my knowledge, is the only remaining counselling agency in the York/Adams County regions that continue to offer outpatient services at a scaled-to-income rate so that low-income or unemployed individuals still have access to treatment.
If you thought that the counselling services provided by the center was a special daycare where you could drop him off ‘to have a break’, where your son’s violent outbursts would be universally tolerated, no matter the danger that such violent outbursts create for the staff and students, then I’m afraid we’ve identified the problem in your son’s care, and its certainly not in the staff of the Amazing Kids Club.
But let me assume for a second I mis-read this entire piece and that your intention isn’t to grind an axe of some sort of personal vendetta against the Amazing Kids Club, but instead that you’re genuinely trying to bring awareness to the issue of holes in the coverage provided by local agencies. By your own admission, the autism center created by AHCS is one of the only such services in the area. Perhaps instead of maliciously attacking the only agency offering support to hundreds of children in the area, it would make more sense to approach this issue with one of positive advocacy efforts, rather than a one-sided biased blog. Taking cheap shots at the only organization in town does nothing to improve the situation and only serves to unfairly tarnish the reputation of a wonderful organization.
I hope that you, through either another agency or private therapy, find a therapy solution for your son that will help your family manage his diagnosis as well as help him grown and learn so that he will flourish throughout adolescence and adulthood. Though it cannot come at the expense of the safety to the staff and students at the Amazing Kids Club, your son deserves the best treatment that can be provided, and I hope that you are able to find a viable solution that works for your family. For all that I disagree with your methodology in addressing your grievances, I have the highest of hopes that moving forward, you will be able to find effective treatment options that work for you, your family, and most importantly your son.
I also hope that The Evening Sun recognizes that this blog has little to do with actual discussion of both the challenges and the triumphs of raising a child with any disability, be it autism or any number of the other conditions, syndromes, illnesses, and developmental delays that make things just a little bit tougher in a world where it’s already pretty hard to be a kid. All I see here is an incredibly negative perspective that lacks any real contribution to discourse on the subject of mental health care in the Hanover area. If this lady gets a blog in which she can share all of her little nuggets trashing the center, I’d like one where I can share the countless successes and triumphs my sister has experienced (and continues to experience) at the Amazing Kids Club.
You obviously did not read my previous post about “Special Warriors” it is a great exercise program designed by Sheron Smith of CrossFit Hanover. I have the right to my opinions as do you.
Nor does it seem you read my comment, as you have failed to address any of my observations or concerns about your reckless accusations against the subject organization.
Kim seems to do that a lot. She’s very hot headed and doesn’t want to hear any other opinion but her own. She gets defensive and bullies any responder to her post because they see it another way. It’s nice to see other people actually standing up for a place that tries so hard to help children in any means possible. Jacqueline, you’re right, she shouldn’t be attacking just one facility for reasons that were out of their hands, just for her own selfish needs…that is the definition of bullying. She’ll never fully understand just what amazing things the kids club does for kids as young as 2 and as old as 21. I just wish she was mature enough to realize it.
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Wow – this just keeps getting better and better. You always know when you hit a nerve. This is my experience my story – who are you tell me that I am lying? You don’t know me, you weren’t there! However, I must apologize for my error – I did publish someone’s email address – that has been removed. I am a hypocrite for speaking my truth and defending myself when someone comments and calls me a liar? Really? I am not supposed to defend myself? If I am such a liar why am I getting such a “strong” response to this post? Actions speak louder than words. I am glad I got my story got out there. This is a free country just as you have the right to comment and insult me – I have the right to speak my story and my opinions. If you dislike me so much, don’t read the blog anymore.
If everything is true as true as you claim it to be, why are you defending yourself in such a scared and tactless manner? You’ve made these points a million times, yet it’s changed nothing because people are still speaking their minds, which again, we ALSO have a right to do. If you don’t like it, the mature thing to do would be to ignore us and let us talk. This isn’t high school, it’s the real world.
Wow, whatever happened to Free Speech? Kim is only communicating her personal experience. Ever here “thou doth protest too much”?
All over the internet there are millions of disagreements everyday. Taking down this blog will solve nothing or make the lives better for children and families dealing with Autism.
Carry on Kim, I always say: The right thing to do isn’t always the EASY thing to do.
I suppose you are entitled to your opinions and your truth, the same as anyone else. I, too, have a child that attends this program and have for several years. I have nothing but good things to say about the staff and volunteers.
Perhaps, it would have been more prudent to title this entry “My son was kicked out of AKC” rather than giving it a blanketed, generalized title such as “Kids Club-Denying services to children in need”.
I am sorry your experiences with this organization are so awful. I also agree that with the increase of kids coming up with an autism/behavioral diagnosis, there is a tremendous need for similar programs in this area.