Davros.
I do know what you mean, and i'm sure in time any uneasiness here will blow over and it'll be comfortable again IYSWIM... but I come here for support, advice, to vent and be silly becuase it stops me going round the twist, and obviously if all the people I turn to for that are somewhere else, I need ot know where that is, I know the nature of forums is for people to come and go and we can all gain a lot from each other, I think what that thread highlights though is that unless your somewhere specific to SN or in my case ASD certainly on here, anyone can access this and troll around causing trouble causing rifts.
I might not be making sense, IRL I find it very hard to talk to people who don't know about and understand my situation, and I tend to be very up front about it, not becuase elijahs disbility defines him, or us as a family, but becuase if people are forewarned then its not so shockng when you calmly walk into the playround/local shop etc with your mid meltdown son strapped safely in his major buggy, but people can still be shocked by my apparent flippancy and my refusal to act the martyr 'it must be soo hard for you', well yes it is ,but I do it every day so really its just normal for us...
Lord knows I don't need to be justifying my interest in where the others are, or are going, and I'll still be on here umpteen times a week seeing if I can answer any questions and just checking up on other familiar people.
Not sure i've made sense, or made a point, but wanted ot say it, so, erm, there we go.