Neighbor wanting Autistic Child to be Euthanized...

FearAnLoathingJ

wow,thats horrible

rml_16

On one hand, that lady is c*nt. The child isn't retarded. There is a difference between mental retardation and autism, but I don't expect some moron to understand that. On the other hand, the grandmother should not just put the kid outside to scream and upset the neighbors. She could be engaging him in some sort of activity that he enjoys and one that would keep him quiet and help him in the long run.

you know, we're just getting one side of the story. we don't know what the grandmother does. from the letter, it does sound like the woman puts the child out into the middle of the street with no regard to anything else, but i doubt that is the case.

i'm sure the child is some where in the middle of the autism spectrum, and probably has moments and episodes where it gets extreme and other parents get concerned. and depending on the level of supervision of the autistic child, they have some right to be concerned. the parents should learn to educate their kids about their friend, explain to them things like "hey, the boy can throw a tantrum if such and such happens."

I'm thinking the gandmother is outside with the child and the child is not always controllable. Clearly she should lock the child in the basement for the duration of his stay.

I've seen (probably) autistic children in public with a parent obviously engaging the child and the child is being loud. It happens. Unless the kid is standing outside my bedroom window at 3 a.m. every night, I can't imagine being bothered by something like this.

1princesswarrior

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

If an American wrote this about another American, they'd be facing criminal charges, several criminal charges. No guessing whether charges should be filed. In fact in America this could be considered a hate crime.

Capt_Apollo

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

inhumane to do what, exactly?? to write a letter.

i'm no expert on Canada, but i'm pretty sure they have the whole freedom of speech thing there too.

Neither the original post nor any of the replies I read ( I didn't look at them all) were worth posting on a fitness site. Nothing to do with MFP.

fyi, in your recent post history you gave us your opinions on porn, and your thoughts on which Hogwarts house you'd be placed in.

how high is that glass ceiling of yours?

PunkinSpice79

The letter writer behaved badly, no doubt, but I can kind of sympathize with the frustration she must feel. I used to volunteer in an autistic school, and one kid would scream NON-STOP. The therapists would take the kid outside when that happened. Can you imagine living next to that? We all need to be respectful of our neighbors. There has to be a happy medium here. The grandmother should have been approached privately about some sort of compromise for whatever behavior is causing problems. Again, I'm not condoning the letter writer's behavior - it was inexcusable.

skinnymalinkyscot

Haha sorry, I will change lol

AlsDonkBoxSquat

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

inhumane to do what, exactly?? to write a letter.

i'm no expert on Canada, but i'm pretty sure they have the whole freedom of speech thing there too.

Neither the original post nor any of the replies I read ( I didn't look at them all) were worth posting on a fitness site. Nothing to do with MFP.

fyi, in your recent post history you gave us your opinions on porn, and your thoughts on which Hogwarts house you'd be placed in.

how high is that glass ceiling of yours?

Now that right there is funny

rml_16

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

inhumane to do what, exactly?? to write a letter.

i'm no expert on Canada, but i'm pretty sure they have the whole freedom of speech thing there too.

Neither the original post nor any of the replies I read ( I didn't look at them all) were worth posting on a fitness site. Nothing to do with MFP.

fyi, in your recent post history you gave us your opinions on porn, and your thoughts on which Hogwarts house you'd be placed in.

how high is that glass ceiling of yours?

Now that right there is funny

Let's not judge. Exercise calories for sexual activity and losing weight through magic, right?

krclaytor

I like Canadians too, but dang, why assume its an American? Look around the world and pick on one of those countries where a bomb goes off in the street every other day.

MissDeeDee78

It shouldn't matter where this took place. Speaking as a Canadian, we're all capable of hatred no matter what nationality. This thread was supposed to unite us against that type of behaviour. I live about an hour away from where the incident took place and it just makes me sick to think that a mother of all people would write such a hateful letter. We're all human, made with the same organs and bones and no matter what race, nationality or religion. Karma is a **** what goes around, comes around and she'll get hers in the end.

mandasalem

Btw, if that's Roland Of Gilead in your ticker, you are awesome!

That's really the most important thing Seconded.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

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

If an American wrote this about another American, they'd be facing criminal charges, several criminal charges. No guessing whether charges should be filed. In fact in America this could be considered a hate crime.

I'm not an attorney, but I am an American. While I think the letter writer was more than just out of line and grossly inappropriate, since I'm not an attorney, I am curious what criminial charges may come from this letter.

Contrarian

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

inhumane to do what, exactly?? to write a letter.

i'm no expert on Canada, but i'm pretty sure they have the whole freedom of speech thing there too.

Neither the original post nor any of the replies I read ( I didn't look at them all) were worth posting on a fitness site. Nothing to do with MFP.

fyi, in your recent post history you gave us your opinions on porn, and your thoughts on which Hogwarts house you'd be placed in.

how high is that glass ceiling of yours?

Don't forget the tips on how to pose nude on a horse.

FearAnLoathingJ

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

inhumane to do what, exactly?? to write a letter.

i'm no expert on Canada, but i'm pretty sure they have the whole freedom of speech thing there too.

Neither the original post nor any of the replies I read ( I didn't look at them all) were worth posting on a fitness site. Nothing to do with MFP.

fyi, in your recent post history you gave us your opinions on porn, and your thoughts on which Hogwarts house you'd be placed in.

how high is that glass ceiling of yours?

Don't forget the tips on how to pose nude on a horse.

:laugh:

neandermagnon

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.

and someone who has at least two kids that don't have any (as yet diagnosed) neurological disabilities. Probably someone who's already mouthed off to other neighbours about it as well. Probably the same person is now whining about how everyone is being mean to them on the internet.....

skinnymalinkyscot

I also think that although Grandma is annoying some of the neighbours unintentionally , it is a fact that autistic children and some other children with special needs do shout and scream a lot , they have big problems controlling themselves emotionally compared to normal children and I dont say this to be hurtful or offend people, there are many valid reasons for why this happens and their caregivers must have the patience of saints. Im not saying lal special needs children, Im not generalising, just commenting that it can happen more often thatn not, I think thats a fair thing to say. But in fairness to the caregivers their options are quite llimited, because during the time in which they care for the kids ie holidays, weekends, out of school timess whatever, even with extra curricular activities there will be inevitabley many hours a day when theyre just chilling, or cooking or doing housework watching tv, anything and the child has a meltdown which could go on for hours and if they get stressed by it and need a break then sitting them out in the garden to scream while they take a breather has got to be a LOT better than battering same kid to death which some people do, they cant cope with kids and they attack them. So.......I think yes, the neighbours, do have to put up with it whether they like it or not because thats the way of the world they are going to have to live work and meet allsorts and it cant be self contained, perfect and antiseptic as they would like, real life isnt like that

Jerrypeoples

letter writer is a jerk for sure

but to prosecute? for what? being a jerk?

if thats a crime then i am on death row

skinnymalinkyscot

Its flipping frustrating to know though that jerks liek this can run round shooting their mouths off or hide behing nasty letters and get away with it. I wish they could be put in the stocks for the day so people could throw rotten tomatos at them

Espressocycle

Nobody has any intrinsic worth. We are all just meat suits lurching around for seven or eight decades of poisoning the planet and watching television.

MelsAuntie

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

inhumane to do what, exactly?? to write a letter.

i'm no expert on Canada, but i'm pretty sure they have the whole freedom of speech thing there too.

Neither the original post nor any of the replies I read ( I didn't look at them all) were worth posting on a fitness site. Nothing to do with MFP.

fyi, in your recent post history you gave us your opinions on porn, and your thoughts on which Hogwarts house you'd be placed in.

how high is that glass ceiling of yours?

But that did qualify as fun, games and chit-chat; this is just sad and polarizing.