Heartbreaking Facebook post by father of child with autism about his son’s solitude

by Beatrice Credi - 2016.09.26

“His friends have no fault in this…that is the sad part”. These words are at the beginning of a long post on Facebook. “Clearly, they were not taught by their parents to embrace and accept the differences of others. Though I do not want to say that these kids’ parents are bad people, just that it never occurred to them to teach this lesson”. These are the words pronounced by Bob Cornelius, a Dad from New Jersey who just happened to find a school form filled out by his son Christopher –11 year-old with autism – in which he was asked to list his favorite foods and music. But, when he looked at the question about providing the name of a friend, he was struck by his son’s response: “No One“. Only then, did he realize how alone his son must feel. And for this reason, he decided to use Facebook to write to other parents about the ordeal.



