37 mother from New Zealand. I am a SAHM to my 8 year old daughter who has autism. I also suffer from chronic migraines, asthma, and hayfever, so unvaxxed idiots who believe their 'freedoms' are more important that my health REALLY piss me off. When I'm not reading online about antivaxx stupidity (or riling them up for funsies on FB or Reddit), I pretend to write trashy romance novels, play games on my PC or Nintendo Switch (you can pry my Pokemon fandom out of my cold dead hands), or hiding in my bedroom with the blackout curtains drawn and an ice-pack over my eyes. Nice to be here with you all!

I am so sorry, that must have been really hard to hear. It is absolutely okay and valid that you are grieving what could have been. When we become parents, I think all of us have some vague idea of what we think their life (and by extension ours) will be like. And sometimes, it works out like that. Far too often though, it doesn't. So we need to adjust, we need to figure out what we need to do to minimize those challenges that we know our child is now going to face. I have no doubt that you will take this in stride. It's very clear that you love your daughter and honestly, that's the best thing you can do. Love her for who she is and she will thrive no matter the challenges. Plus medical science is advancing all the time. Maybe one day there will be a surgery or a technology that can help her walk independently. Remember, cochlear implants were once considered science-fiction and now they're pretty common. Be kind to yourself. Try not to worry too much about what 'will be' and instead focus as much as you can on the present. We're all here for you and cheering you and your daughter on! You've got this.

This is Gadget, aka the Great Guardian Beast of the Computer. She was a rescue kitten from our local humane society in 2016 and as you can see she's made herself right at home as the Queen of the House. This is Lucifer aka Gremlin, AKA 'You furry little SHIT'. Believe it or not, this fat bastard is not even 2 years old yet And lastly we have Leeroy 'Derpington' 'Bin-chicken' Jenkins, who sadly crossed the rainbow bridge last year because he had FeLV and just couldn't fight it any more. He was only 3 and is still dearly missed.

@perlinator Breading is the colloquial term for when cats tuck their paws underneath them when they lay down. Because they go kinda square-shaped, they look like furry loaves of bread. So, breading. Also known as 'being a loaf'. Although honestly they missed the best pun ever in 'loafing around'

I do, but it gets confused VERY easily on what it's SUPPOSED to be doing. Most of the time it's pretty much a hyperactive puppy on cocaine, as evidenced by my chronic hayfever, asthma and eczema.

Hello fellow kiwi!

It's actually really hard to describe the meaning of my username because it's something that started as a running gag between myself and my younger brother. We use it as a kind of snarky/sarcastic banter. E.g. Me: Well now I see you're awake younger brother. YB: Thanks, I Hate It. I feel like it also personifies what we'd all REALLY like to say when someone gives us a gift that we really don't like/need/want. And since antivaxxers consider themselves SUCH a gift to the rest of humanity...well. My avatar is from a webcomic called VGcats. The character in it is sassy, sarcastic, and sometimes just wants to watch the world burn. I can relate.