Before today I have never heard of Myka Stauffer that is until news broke out that she "rehomed" her autistic child 2 years after adopting him. Basically, because she thought he was too much for him to handle.
As someone who is on the spectrum, I have some words for you Myka.
First of all, why would you use the terms "rehome" and "forever home?" He is not an animal so why would you talk to him like he is.
What you and your husband did was despicable. You are sending the message to your children that if they have special needs then they are disposable. Now they will probably worry that if they misbehave then they will get sent away poor Huxley.
You are teaching your kids that people with disabilities don't have a place in this world. You are teaching them if there is anything wrong with them that they won't like it and send you away.
I know sometimes it is not easy to raise an autistic child, but what you do is you don't give up on them, you were very well off and able to provide him with all the resources available. There are so many women out there that had to give their kids up for adoption because they couldn't afford to help them, however, you had no excuse to do such a thing. You had the money, you had the means, so what was the excuse.
Not to mention you were giving him ABA therapy, which is been said by many autistics that is abusive and has even given some of them PTSD. Why would you subject Huxley to that let him believe that what he is feeling is wrong?
Personally I don't think you should ever be allowed to adopt again, yet you say you are going to adopt another kid. Let me guess if they don't turn out the way you want them to are you going to send them back too?
I will tell you that people like Huxley, people like me are not disposable. I really hope that one day you look back on what you did and realize what a mistake that you made. I hope you see what a wonderful person Huxley will grow up to be and then you will realize that you screwed up.
The only good thing to come out of this is that Huxley will be better off, he will be with a family that loves him and will help him get to where he needs to be. Hopefully, they won't subject him to the abuse that you did, like suppressing him from sucking his thumb really?
I hope you take this time (away) from social media to actually realize that maybe you shouldn't have adopted a child with special needs if you think it was too much work. Hopefully, your kids don't grow up like you, intolerant of disabled people.


















