For Katie: NEVER forgotten.
It's been over a year and a half since I first heard of Katie McCarron. She should be entering Kindergarten this fall. She should be with her loving father and grandparents. She should be singing karaoke, giving and receiving hugs, and...well...being the beautiful, precious child that she was born to be.
Unfortunately sometimes people get in the way of SHOULD. This happened to Katie. Reading the trial coverage in the Peoria Journal Star, which was biased in 2006, has been painful. I can only imagine how much it has hurt for those close to Katie, who cherished her, who rejoiced in her utter joy of being. The Katherine McCarron I was told about loved. She was not in pain. She WAS loved and IS loved. Her mother's "support group"/pity party nonwithstanding, Katherine McCarron is loved and missed by people who knew her and those who wish they had been given the opportunity.
Katie McCarron, your family loves you. The autistic community loves you. The disability community loves you. Sweetie, a whole lot of people who never met you miss you so very much, and your dad and grandpa and grandma aunts and uncles and teachers and I don't even KNOW who else miss you even more.
And I wish, and other people I'm sure wish, that there was something we could DO. Right now all I can do is pray/hope for wisdom for the judge and jury, and send love to your family, Miss Katie. But that isn't right. Because you should be here.
Love and strength to all who miss Katie during this difficult time.
Unfortunately sometimes people get in the way of SHOULD. This happened to Katie. Reading the trial coverage in the Peoria Journal Star, which was biased in 2006, has been painful. I can only imagine how much it has hurt for those close to Katie, who cherished her, who rejoiced in her utter joy of being. The Katherine McCarron I was told about loved. She was not in pain. She WAS loved and IS loved. Her mother's "support group"/pity party nonwithstanding, Katherine McCarron is loved and missed by people who knew her and those who wish they had been given the opportunity.
Katie McCarron, your family loves you. The autistic community loves you. The disability community loves you. Sweetie, a whole lot of people who never met you miss you so very much, and your dad and grandpa and grandma aunts and uncles and teachers and I don't even KNOW who else miss you even more.
And I wish, and other people I'm sure wish, that there was something we could DO. Right now all I can do is pray/hope for wisdom for the judge and jury, and send love to your family, Miss Katie. But that isn't right. Because you should be here.
Love and strength to all who miss Katie during this difficult time.
posted by Kassiane at 1:11 AM
7 Comments:
A lovely post, made me cry.
I cry for Katie and all the other Katies out there. For all the parents who are not getting the right support or the positive messages about the joys that autism can bring.
Bless you Katie.
Beautiful Kassiane. Thinking of Katie, her family and friends.
What type of mother does anything other than protect her child from suffering? What type of person coldly kills her own baby? I cannot even begin to comprehend Karen McCarron, her selfishness disgusts me and I hope she pays for her horrendous crime.
I'm pleased to report that the jury did find her mother guilty on all counts today. As a borderline Aspie parent of 2 children on the spectrum here in Peoria (yes we do accept the genetic component as real!), I wonder how she could not have seen the spectrum in herself, or perhaps that was a factor of self-loathing that led her to this reprehensible and irrational act. I only hope that she can now get the help she needs and needed.
Thanks for the great blog.
Looks like Aspie Dad beat me to it -- I just read over at disability rights blog "Not Dead Yet" that she has been found guilty on all counts. Unfortunately, they also reported that the Chicago AP was heading towards "blame the victim" attitude:
http://notdeadyetnewscommentary.blogspot.com/2008/01/breaking-news-karen-mccarron-found.html
If the mother is on the spectrum, then I hope the media remain clueless, or we're going to have an "autistics are dangerous, never let them be alone with kids or reproduce" type media circus. :-p
"...who rejoiced in her utter joy of being."
Your post brought me to tears, Kassiane--it was beautiful.
would a parent on the spectrum do that if she knew her kid were mentally related to her (as in being on the same spectrum)........that's a little hard for me to accept but okay, that's just me........you all could be right.....
I think she needs a lot more than help....I'm glad they didn't go for death, she'd have gotten off easy.
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