My aunt and uncle are too blame because they baby her too much. Just because she’s autistic. She is very smart. She knows what she’s doing and she pretends that she doesn’t understand what she did. My auntie and uncle did realize that the babies her so much so they had to give her tough love and make her do things. So one time I was hanging with her and she made a mess. I made her clean it up. She gave me a look and screamed at me but I ignored her. Then I said, “ No! You have hands and feet, clean this shit up! Your parents can’t get you to clean up so someone else will have to. Clean it!”
She end up cleaning it. I explained to her that her parents aren’t going to be around forever and she needs to start doing things for herself, stop acting like a brat and get a job. She gave me a shocked look when I told her the facts. She cried but someone had to tell her. It needed to happen. Something her parents don’t have the guts to do. Nobody in the family is telling her these life face’s because they’re afraid to hurt her poor little feelings. Well guess what, when she gets a job and go into the world, nobody is going to care about her. I told her that too. She complained to me that the bus driver drove off when she ran to the bus stop. I told her that, “See that’s why you need to get to the bus stop on time. That’s YOUR job. Those bus drives, they don’t care about you. They only care about going to work, doing their job, get paid and go home.” She told me, “My brother told me to get to the bus stop but he never told me they don’t care and….”
Then I cut her off and said, “Well that’s why I have to tell you because your brother didn’t bother to tell you that either. Nobody is going to care that you have a disability or always accommodate your needs. Wake up honey! This is reality. You’re not a little girl anymore.” Her parents yelled at me for being blunt with her but I don’t care. She is 23 not 5. She’s been a brat and she had it too easy.
