Posted on 09/21/2015 4:16:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The lawsuit—still in effect despite the family's move—says that in previous years the boy has hit a baby with his hand, has spat at neighbors in addition to trying to ride his bicycle into them, and has sat on a neighbor’s cat on numerous occasions.
In October a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunction (an order in the early stages of a lawsuit) to ensure that the boy didn’t hit or assault anyone or their personal property in the neighborhood.
Neighbor Sue Alford, who did not file the suit, told Mercury News, “We all met with them and talked to them about their son, but they didn't see our point of view. We wanted the street to be a safe place for other children.”
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I’m okay with this.
I watched reports on this earlier today. What I do not understand is why they have not simply had him charged with assault. The kid, autistic or not, is a risk to the neighbors.
And they moved. So, message received.
Why is the lawsuit still going forward?
So they can get "paid"?
I’m fine with it, too. If the family cannot control him outside of the home, he may be more than they can handle and this may truly be a scenario where the general welfare needs to be made the priority. I’ve seen similar situations directly and weighed and measured, some parents can’t cut it and are not proper wards for children with exceptional issues.
Some kids really do need to be permanently institutionalized. I think that it is difficult for some parents to face that reality, but when the kid becomes dangerous, they need to accept it.
But it is getting hard to tell the difference between being cynical and just realistic.
Why is the lawsuit still going forward?
So they can get “paid”?
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I don’t think lawsuits to get someone or something declared a public nuisance are about money. They are about getting legal help to have a nuisance abated. There is nothing in the article to indicate that there is a financial judgement at stake.
I wonder if the child actually has autism is just a budding sociopath.
The way to look at this is from the flip side. The boy’s parents can’t handle him so that need has to be addressed for his own safety as well as the safety of the community at large.
Hell, the kid could just ride out in front of a car.
Lots of things can be done here, without filing a suit. File a complaint with the police, get a restraining order from a court, call child protective services. Social services, would probably see this as an emergent situation and get the family some help with the child. Lots of ways to do it without giving a couple lawyers a pay day.
My sister works with severely autistic young adults and has shared that young men going through puberty can be very dangerous and aggressive,especially to female members of their family.
We had children like this when I was growing up.
They weren’t called autistic and sent to therapists and given drugs.
They were called brats and sent to their dads and given ass-whippings.
The ones called autistic back then sat on the floor and rocked back and forth and usually couldn’t talk.
I just recently searched for information on autism and learned a lot. I feel for the parents, but today there is so much help out there. When I was kid they didn’t even have a clue.
good point I had forgot about that.
The parents didn't see their neighbor's point of view? Talk about being in denial!
I do agree that SOME kids classified as ‘Autistic’ are simply the result of ZERO fathering. Like President 0banga.
Yes, in recent years they changed the diagnostic criteria. Now, a whole bunch of disorders are classed as “Autism Spectrum Disorders” because the shrinks think they are related.
What used to be called “autism” is only the most severe end of that spectrum. That’s one of the main reasons why there seems to be an “autism epidemic” nowadays, because we include so many other behavioral and personality disorders under that term now.
The current treatment rubric is to wait for the child to attract the attention of law enforcement, proceed to juvenile detention and then adult level incarceration.
Mental health options are woefully lacking.
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