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To: Incorrigible
I am the parent of a 17 year old autistic son. There have been times he could have driven dead people to drink.

When he was younger I of course wanted him exposed to Catholicism BUT his behavior was off the charts. He would get loud, run around and finally would leave church. I remember a time after he left mass that he walked down the middle of the street and I was at my wit's end.

He is older now and have receiving intervention from outside sources his behavior is controllable and he regularly attends mass. In fact, for his 17th birthday he asked for a cell phone and we complied.

If the boy in this article is urinating in church his parents need to find another route for him to get spiritual exposure. And another thing what are they doing to learn how to deal with his behavior?

135 posted on 05/19/2008 6:38:10 PM PDT by Mfkmmof4 (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: Mfkmmof4

Thank you for asking that question. Not having had to directly deal with this problem myself, I don’t know what the options are, but it would seem to me that there are options in this day and age, to help this young many develop social skills. And surely those options are available thru the school system.

susie


146 posted on 05/20/2008 6:20:50 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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