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jillan

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5. My daughter has a chromosome abnormality - similar to Downs, but much more rare.

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 02:19 PM

Feb 2012

She has her own set of behaviors.

I have been around alot of autistic children and they do have many behaviors that are socially unacceptable.
The key is how you deal with them.

The first lesson I learned in dealing with behaviors is to make sure they are safe in their surroundings, and then get the hell out of their way until they settle down. It's kind of like dealing with someone with seizures. You make sure they won't hurt themselves and wait it out.
If their brains aren't wired like ours, you cannot reason with alot of them. Of course a cop wouldn't have a clue. And obviously these parents never got the training they needed either.

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Police shoot and kill autistic boy in his home [View all] behold a pale horse Feb 2012 OP

"having been instructed by social workers that Watts should be handled by authorities when agitated" ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #1

The cop was sliced in two places--it wasn't a butter knife. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #4

Agreed that the social worker is an ass. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #6

Yes the parents share in the fault SaintPete Feb 2012 #12

When one is dealing with this situation it is hard to know what is the correct ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #26

It's not easy to judge anyone SaintPete Feb 2012 #28

I agree with you but the parents behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #45

I hate to judge the parents because they are in a sad state right now... behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #16

Dear Mister Horse, Throckmorton Feb 2012 #64

Agree - I just see it as sad. TBF Feb 2012 #22

The pig can run from a blade, the fucking coward! Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #7

They came out to the house 12 times already and didn't shoot him. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #17

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #21

The last I heard, cops have to have a degree. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #30

So in your world, anyone who gets cut by a knife is just a dipshit who petronius Feb 2012 #23

No, someone who is supposedly TRAINED to avoid the use of the firearm... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #24

Note that it was apparently two other officers who fired, not the one being cut, so petronius Feb 2012 #29

Special needs people are so misunderstood. It is heartbreaking. jillan Feb 2012 #2

May I ask what her condition is? Because although I don't have an autistic child behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #3

My daughter has a chromosome abnormality - similar to Downs, but much more rare. jillan Feb 2012 #5

Shoot him in the arm or the leg? Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #8

I thought this is what tasers were made for. Instead they are just people prods think Feb 2012 #9

He WAS tazed...on one of the other dozen times the parents called the cops to the house. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #11

And the pig could've ran, the wimp... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #14

Manslaughter? nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #34

Those words don't mean what you think they mean... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #49

Tazed previously yes. So in fact they have a long a history of dealing with this think Feb 2012 #25

Your whole attitude in this thread seems to be "good riddance" Scootaloo Feb 2012 #31

"DON'T call the cops!" This applies in about 90% of cases out there... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #10

Please don't call cops that name. There are bad apples in behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #13

Sorry, but I come from a family of them... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #15

You come from a family of swine? Oink Oink! behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #18

Yep! That DID read funny, didn't it... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #20

Well...they won't be called to that house anymore Rex Feb 2012 #19

Who's more dangerous to society fredamae Feb 2012 #27

Yes. I recall another case where a deaf boy behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #32

I believe Law Enforcement needs Extensive training as well.. fredamae Feb 2012 #48

I had a college English professor who had been a police officer. SHe had interesting comments stevenleser Feb 2012 #33

Here is the likely difference: the violence in our society today. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #36

Yes but if they are responding to this kind of situation, shouldnt they be ready for it? stevenleser Feb 2012 #40

I am willing to consider that they DID kill him on purpose behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #41

Guess what... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #50

Your reply to me makes no sense at all... stevenleser Feb 2012 #61

Certainly you could have made your title more inflammatory nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #35

??? That was straight from Huff-Po! And I am defending the police! behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #37

Sorry, misdirected nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #39

No worries. Thanks for the clarification:) behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #42

"I am defending the police!" Occulus Feb 2012 #62

My old foster son had autismism, and he was pretty violent. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #38

Was he basically non-communicative? behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #43

He was nonverbal, but he could definitely express himself. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #47

The cops deprived the deceased of his civil, legal and basic human rights ... T S Justly Feb 2012 #44

So you are saying that if you call the cops, you can expect "brute force". rhett o rick Feb 2012 #46

What part of "the cop had already been cut twice"... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #51

Shame on you. Instead of addressing my question you throw up a strawman. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #52

I was responding directly to your post... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #53

I stand by my statement. It has become entirely too easy for the police to kill people. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #55

So what? JSnuffy Feb 2012 #57

So what? I think that boy deserved something more than a bullet to the face. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #60

If tthe cop you called to save you from a mugger "ran" when the mugger attacked him, too McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #54

This Aspie is speechless! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #56

Tragic, but the article pooints to a justified shooting rustydog Feb 2012 #58

If your family member is violent and out of control, you are screwn. EFerrari Feb 2012 #59

In my town you are going to get both, Throckmorton Feb 2012 #63

5. Stephon Watts was African American. KamaAina Feb 2012 #65

Please stop calling cops pigs. It's juvenile and disrespectful to the good police officers I am the OP Feb 2012 #66

Only killer cops are pigs KamaAina Feb 2012 #68

Update I am the OP Feb 2012 #67