Review of A Child Is Waiting

I recently watched most of this film on sky TV. Being a fan of Judy Garland I wasn't particularly keen on this film. The thing that bothered me was the parents of the young boy Reuben who was in the home never bothered to visit him, until the end when the Dad watches his play. In the film the doctor tells the father that Reuben is retarded, I'm no doctor but I don't believe he was any way retarded. I think he had autism. Doctors don't always get the diagnosis right, most people with autism don't get diagnosed right away. The one scene that bothered me was the Mother of Reuben played by Gena Rowlands telling Jean (Judy Garland) that she would have to hide Reuben when her friends come.