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Police shoot unarmed autistic 13 year old boy
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<blockquote data-quote="IA Shelby" data-source="post: 16486351" data-attributes="member: 122099"><p>As a father or two autistic boys I can relate. It is a fear that I have even without judging the police which they have a near impossible job to do. Our oldest boy is high functioning. He is the nicest person you would ever meet. He was able to graduate with a 3.0 gpa, has he license and a full time job. He drives himself to work every day. He never speeds or even listens to the radio when he drives because he doesn’t want the distraction. I do worry if he got pulled over that he would immediately reach over to the glove box and pull his information out. That is where things could get scary. We have purchased a sign that fits over his seat belt that rides close to his shoulder. Kind of a life alert that tells the officer that he is autistic and may not react normally or have trouble communicating. I just pray this never happens. I can see how an officer could mis-interpret so I don’t blame them either.</p><p></p><p>Our youngest boy is much more severe. He would not understand the commands of a police officer. He is non verbal and 17. He can from time to time make loud and different sounds and wave his arms. He would resist if anyone tried to touch him or god forbid put handcuffs on him. He really only allows my wife and I to touch him. He is also a big kid and could be seen as a physical threat to the officer. Again you just pray he is never in a situation like that.</p><p></p><p>I understand both sides and it isn’t easy for either one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IA Shelby, post: 16486351, member: 122099"] As a father or two autistic boys I can relate. It is a fear that I have even without judging the police which they have a near impossible job to do. Our oldest boy is high functioning. He is the nicest person you would ever meet. He was able to graduate with a 3.0 gpa, has he license and a full time job. He drives himself to work every day. He never speeds or even listens to the radio when he drives because he doesn’t want the distraction. I do worry if he got pulled over that he would immediately reach over to the glove box and pull his information out. That is where things could get scary. We have purchased a sign that fits over his seat belt that rides close to his shoulder. Kind of a life alert that tells the officer that he is autistic and may not react normally or have trouble communicating. I just pray this never happens. I can see how an officer could mis-interpret so I don’t blame them either. Our youngest boy is much more severe. He would not understand the commands of a police officer. He is non verbal and 17. He can from time to time make loud and different sounds and wave his arms. He would resist if anyone tried to touch him or god forbid put handcuffs on him. He really only allows my wife and I to touch him. He is also a big kid and could be seen as a physical threat to the officer. Again you just pray he is never in a situation like that. I understand both sides and it isn’t easy for either one. [/QUOTE]
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