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The McCarron family invites those who wish to keep Katie‘s memory alive to view and download these images, and to post them on their websites and blogs. They, and I, only ask that the images be used in remembering Katie as a beautiful, precious, and happy little girl. They, and I, do not approve of the pictures being used as part of a message suggesting that she was “in pain” or a “burden.”
They do not wish for the photos to be used in any way suggesting Katie’s death is associated with a “problem” arising from a lack of services. Using Katie’s picture in these ways would only be an insult to her memory and cause more pain to an already grieving family.
Special thanks to Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet and, most of all, to Katie’s grandfather, Mike McCarron, and the McCarron family.
30 days ago
[...] — because they were ashamed of them, including one recent British case but also that of Katie Carron in the USA. In that case, the mother was not even the daughter’s main carer, and painted a [...]
I don’t understand.
How could a mother be so heartless as to murder her own daughter?
P.S. Considering that I am autistic (Asperger’s Syndrome),
and Katherine happens to be my first name (Katie is my nickname),
this hits rather close to home for me.
To put it simply, I’m in shock.
I think is not so easy to say a bipolar parent and autistic child is related, it is a medical problem, I mean neurological.
If that mother cannot cope with the child, grandparents are available take action now and ask for custody, that mother is not capable to raise a handicap child.
1254 days ago
[...] parental breakdowns have played out in the U.S. in the past several years,” and mentions Katie McCarron, Ulysses Stable, Kyle Dutter—shot this month by his father—and too many [...]
1387 days ago
[...] Katherine McCarron would have been six years old today. Wishing her a very happy birthday and and best wishes to her family. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, birthday, children, disabilities blog, disability, Family, family blog, Health, katherine mccarron, kids, kids blog, motherhood, Parenting, pdd-nosShare This Related StoriesHappy Birthday Katie“Happy Birthday to Charlie”Happy Autistic Pride Day and Happy BirthdayA Ribbon for KatherineLove and Hope, Not Hopelessness: Remembering Katherine McCarron [...]
1564 days ago
[...] McCarron, grandfather of Katie McCarron, has written an open letter to the Autism Hub. Here is an excerpt; go here to read the full text of [...]
1587 days ago
[...] is to start on Monday, January 7th. McCarron allegedly suffocated her three-year-old daughter, Katherine, with a plastic bag on May 13, 2006. The article provides some background about the case, which I [...]
1589 days ago
[...] the words of her grandfather, Michael McCarron, Katherine was very well-loved, and beautiful, and precious, and happy. ASD, Aspergers, autism, autistic, children, crime, Education, family, health, karen mccarron, [...]
1645 days ago
[...] trial of Karen McCarron, the doctor who killed her then 3-year old autistic daughter Katherine on May 13, 2006, will start on December 3. McCarron’s trial has been postponed five times. As [...]
1691 days ago
[...] McCarron, the former pathologist who is charged with killing her three-year-old autistic daughter, Katherine McCarron, has again been postponed, and Tazewell County judge Stephen Kouri is displeased. McCarron is [...]
1753 days ago
[...] would have been Katie McCarron’s 5th birthday today, July 22nd. It should have been Katie’s 5th birthday [...]
I have three boys with autism and can only say, that if God had blessed me with as beautiful a little girl as Katherine, I would have felt that life could not get any better. I will never forget her and will keep you in my prayers always.
1800 days ago
[...] this Tuesday afternoon. McCarron is accused of murdering her then-three-year-old autistic daughter, Katherine McCarron on May 13, 2006. A Morton woman accused of murdering her autistic daughter said in a taped [...]
1823 days ago
[...] McCarron 2003 – 2006 beautiful, precious, and happy in love and [...]
My autistic son will be 36 in May. Over the years when he turns your head and looks you in the eye & puts his hand on your head and says, I love you.” So innocent, wonderful. He’s been part of my life for so long now, I could not live without him or hurt him in any way. Before he leaves every morning, we say our ritual prayer which I taught him which makes life worth it. Have Faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
My son who will be 36 in May. Over the years when he turns your head and looks you in the eye & puts his hand on your head and says, I love you.” So innocent, wonderful. He’s been part of my life for so long now, I could not live without him or hurt him in any way. Before he leaves every morning, we say our ritual prayer which I taught him which makes like worth it. Have Faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
1945 days ago
[...] In the wake of the alleged attempted killing of a four-year-old girl with cerebral palsy by her mother, Kellie A. Waremburg, earlier this week—and of Karen McCarron’s killing of her three-year-old autistic daughter, Katherine McCarron on May 13th, I would like to join Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet in calling for restraint and responsibility in media coverage of this case. As Stephen writes in a press release today, We sincerely hope this allegation turns out to be untrue. And we are all hoping that the young girl pulls through this medical crisis. [...]
1989 days ago
[...] Conference speaker Kassiane Alexandra Sibley’s reflections on the conference are focused on her meeting Mike McCarron, Katie McCarron’s grandfather. Writes Kassiane, simply and powerfully: So for me, I guess Mr McCarron is the strongest witness to hope I had ever seen. He isn’t hoping for some miracle to bring his Katie back. It’s too late. As I understand it ‘cure’ was never on that side of the family’s agenda, as they were doing education in whichever Carolina. Just hope for justice, and hope for better, safer futures for other autistic people. Through tragedy, he has become a fierce ally. Woah. How many people would crumble? I sure would. Or I’d get angry in the impotent kind of way, or the a little too potent kind of way…but not like this. [...]
2044 days ago
[...] In a previous post entitled Karen McCarron, Alison Tepper Singer, and misplaced compassion, I wrote about Singer and Dr. Karen McCarron, who allegedly killed her daughter Katherine McCarron on May 13th. In the Autism Every Day video, Singer says that had considered driving off the George Washington Bridge with her autistic daughter Jodie in the car— in The Huffington Post, Jodie is rather described as a “9-year-old fourth grader who continues to make tremendous strides in her battle against autism” and Singer as a dedicated working mother who works a “flexible schedule in order to accommodate the needs of both of her children.” [...]
2046 days ago
[...] Is the reference to the killing of Katherine McCarron in a press release last week by the Autism Treatment Center of America aka the Son-Rise Program aka the Options Institute an “exploitation of tragedy,” as Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet noted in a comment? [...]