Neighbor wanting Autistic Child to be Euthanized...

NoeHead

I read this article this morning. Made me sad a mother actually wrote this to a grandmother caring for her Autistic grandchild.

How would you handle this situation if it happened to you??

can't post a pic of the letter but link and article below.


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/ontario-police-aware-hateful-letter-telling-family-euthanize-171036930.html

Ontario police are aware of a disgusting letter sent to a woman caring for an autistic child by another woman who wanted the "wild animal kid" out of her neighbourhood, even if it meant killing the child.

The hateful letter was reportedly sent last week to a resident of Newcastle, Ont., just east of Toronto, who hosts her 13-year-old grandson, Max, during summer days.

Mother Karley Begley spoke with CityNews and broke down in tears as she tried to read the letter.

The letter was re-posted on Twitter by Lennon and Maisy, a young Ontario singing duo who also star on ABC's Nashville.

The post has been retweeted more than 3,000 times.

Durham Regional Police told Yahoo! Canada News that a report was filed on Friday and an investigation is ongoing.

"We are certainly taking it seriously," spokesperson Jodi MacLean said on Monday.

"We are consulting with the Crown to see if there is any criminality that went on with the letter."


From its tone, the letter might be considered anything from abusive to threatening or perhaps even criminal. It is addressed to "the lady living at this address" and signed, "One pissed off mother!!!!*"
*The number, but not the frequency, of exclamation and question marks used in the letter has been approximated in this post. It reads:

I also live in this neighbourhood and have a problem!!!! You have a kid that is mentally handicapped and you consciously decided that it would be a good idea to live in a close proximity neighgbourhood like this???? You selfishly put your kid outside everyday and let him be a nothing but a nuisance and a problem to everyone else with that noise polluting whaling he constantly makes!!! That noise he makes when he is outside is DREADFUL!!!!!!!!!! It scares the hell out of my normal children!!!!!!!!!

The letter goes on to state:

Crying babies, music and even barking dogs are normal sounds in a residential neighbourhood!!!!! He is NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He is a nuisance to everyone and will always be that way!!!!!! Who the hell is going to care for him????????? No employer will hire him, no normal girl is going to marry/love him and you are not going to live forever!!

T]hey should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate it to science. What the hell else good is he to anyone!!!!

You had a retarded kid, deal with it... properly!!!!! What right do you have to do this to hard working people!!!!!!!!!

I HATE people like you who believe, just because you have a special needs kid, you are entitled to special treatment!!! GOD!!!!

Go live in a tralier in the woods or something with your wild animal kid!!! Nobody wants you living here and they don't have the guts to tell you!!!!!
Do the right thing and move or euthanize him!!! Either way, we are ALL better off!!!

According to CityNews, the neighbourhood has come out in support of the Begley family and is trying to determine who sent the letter. The reaction on Twitter was no less severe.

Capt_Apollo

were there any americans in the neighborhood? doesn't sound like something a canadian would write.

DrunkenFaeGirl

It should be easy to figure out who sent it. They obviously live close to the people who received the hate mail and they most likely are the only people (aside from anyone who had to work) who didn't show up for the rally.

DrunkenFaeGirl

were there any americans in the neighborhood? doesn't sound like something a canadian would write.

Excuse me? ALL people, no matter their nationality are perfectly capable of hate and bigotry. You've just proven that yourself.

kuntry_navy

there'd be some boots in an @ss if that were my neighborhood

sarantonio

This is the kind of thing I hope Karma gets ahold of. Hopefully she slips, falls and ends up with a huge speech impediment, and some disfiguration.....

Jestinia

"What the hell else good is he to anyone!!!!"

This was clearly written by a sociopath who does not value other human beings unless she thinks they are useful to her. If we should consider euthanizing any group of people (hint, we shouldn't) it is people with this attitude that needs to be euthanized first.

SStruthers13

were there any americans in the neighborhood? doesn't sound like something a canadian would write.

Excuse me? ALL people, no matter their nationality are perfectly capable of hate and bigotry. You've just proven that yourself.

Well said.

ExplorinLauren

It's disgusting! I thought it wasn't real at 1st, but I guess it is.

My son is autistic and if I ever received a letter like that I'd be banging on every neighbors door until I found out who wrote it, and then show them exactly what crazy is. :explode:

mandasalem

The worst part is, this viper probably showed up to all the support rallies because cowards like that never take any action that might betray their disgusting mindsets lest they actually be held accountable for being boils on the *kitten* of humanity.

MizTerry

First of all...Capt. Apollo...you sir are a jacka$$.

It doesn't matter WHO was in the neighborhood...American or Canadian, the point is, this woman was horrible and should be brought out. That child has a right to live in a decent neighborhood as well, even if it is just for visitation. The child can't help it. The rude individual CAN.

Contrarian

The person who wrote the letter is clearly mentally ill.

Sabine_Stroehm

were there any americans in the neighborhood? doesn't sound like something a canadian would write.

Sure it does. It sounds like a selfish, hateful SOB. Every nation has those.

Capt_Apollo

First of all...Capt. Apollo...you sir are a jacka$$.

FerretBuellerr

When I first heard of this last night, it made me so sad.

Hearing about it again this morning, it just makes me angry.

People like that mother are part of the reason why there is still so much hate in this world, and the saddest part of all is that she's passing on that way of thinking to her children too :frown:

I'd wish ill on her, but that would make me just as bad as her, and I don't want to stoop to that low of a level. I get the feeling that the mother who received the letter will find out soon enough who wrote it, and that woman will be made a fool. I mean, if I wrote that letter and saw how it became national news, I'd feel pretty ashamed of myself too.

Beckboo0912

As much as this sickened me it just goes to show how uneducated this person is. Sad for them

BeccaBollons

That is awful. God forbid that woman should ever be put in a position of caring for someone with special needs.

Jestinia

were there any americans in the neighborhood? doesn't sound like something a canadian would write.

Sure it does. It sounds like a selfish, hateful SOB. Every nation has those.

Sadly it is true people like this tend to do very well in hyper-capitalist cultures like America, though.

elliepearsonn

oh my goodness, this is disgusting.

UsedToBeHusky

This really hurts my heart, and makes me wonder what is wrong with people in this world that they might think something like this is okay.

I hope they find the person that did this, and at the very least, charge him or her with harassment.

K_Serz

Hmmmm Me Thinks this is not a good topic for Chit Chat Fun & Games.

Thanks for bringing awareness to this but dont see anything good to come out of posting this thread. Unless we all go to that guys house and burn it down?

Leather_N_Lace

As a parent of an autistic child, I am completely beside myself.
There is no way I could describe what challenges we face daily in our house, let alone in public.
To not have the support of your fellow neighbors, your community is disheartening.

I hope Karma kicks this person square in the family jewels with cleated shoes!

rml_16

It scares the hell out of my normal children!!!!!!!!!

Ironically, right there the letter-writer states exactly why this child is NOT "no good for anything" (or whatever it said).

This is an opportunity to teach children about diversity, compassion, understanding -- all sorts of things. Right in the letter, the idiot manages to counterpoint his or her own argument.

lizbess1

it has gone all over facebook as well this this is very disturbing I have worked with the disabled and they can be the most loving and caring people in the world the neighbor that wrote that letter needs to teach her children how to love everyone and that all people are made differently and that no matter what you help out in what ever way is needed and take care of your own.

jaxbeck

I would literally kick her *kitten* & gladly take the assault charge. Total inhumane *****

rml_16

were there any americans in the neighborhood? doesn't sound like something a canadian would write.

Sure it does. It sounds like a selfish, hateful SOB. Every nation has those.

Sadly it is true people like this tend to do very well in hyper-capitalist cultures like America, though.

Oh yay! America-bashing in a thread about something someone in CANADA did.

Capt_Apollo

Hmmmm Me Thinks this is not a good topic for Chit Chat Fun & Games.

Thanks for bringing awareness to this but dont see anything good to come out of posting this thread. Unless we all go to that guys house and burn it down?

MFp does not endorse vigilante justice... unless it gets results.

jenifr818

Hmmmm Me Thinks this is not a good topic for Chit Chat Fun & Games.

Thanks for bringing awareness to this but dont see anything good to come out of posting this thread. Unless we all go to that guys house and burn it down?

Sure, works for me. I'll bring the lighter.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

This is just so sad, who would do something so terrible? It's a terrible thing, however I do believe that what goes around comes around. The attacked family is receiving more support than ever before in their life, and with a special needs child support must be so important, and the crazy woman who wrote it not only knows what others think of her cowardice (at least sign your crazy and own it), cruelty, and she will get hers at some point.

nomeejerome

That is really sad....in many different ways.

Jestinia

were there any americans in the neighborhood? doesn't sound like something a canadian would write.

Sure it does. It sounds like a selfish, hateful SOB. Every nation has those.

Sadly it is true people like this tend to do very well in hyper-capitalist cultures like America, though.

Oh yay! America-bashing in a thread about something someone in CANADA did.

I'm not bashing America, I'm bashing corporate America and the support it gets for this attitude of 'be usable to us or die'.