“Being told, “No” is a trigger? “
The counselors teach them that this is an acceptable excuse. Not just the school ones but the ones they visit during their weekly appointments.
Ive worked with a lot of these people and in their programs there is nearly always a section on interacting with that person, both methods that seems to assist when communicating with that person and a list of known triggers to avoid. Probably the most common trigger is “Doesnt like to be told “no”.”
These individuals wind up learning, both through reinforcement of negative behaviors in the schools and misguided poor parenting at home, that acting out results in reward. The system they enter into when they can no longer live at the home of a parent more often than not devolves into one of bribery where they learn that they can get private accommodations and individual control of the food budget/menu by balancing behaviors they are in control of against bribes for gift provided they dont become more aggressive or otherwise problematic.
He should not be on the street, or in a school setting. He has a very long history of violence.... a lot of aggression over a Nintendo Switch.... he’s way too explosive he fought himself out of his own clothes ....he’s not safe around other people.
Imagine having to call in a crisis team just to remove a 1lb switch from his hands!... The “mainstreaming” of children with special needs into regular schools and classrooms just doesn’t make sense.
Further...Technology devices represent distraction ‘used by parents’ as a form of respite. This ‘results into obsession’ by the autism individual....well known in the medical community.... This morphs into various and extreme behaviors when access is denied....confiscating a restricted item in school should not result in the teacher being beat unconscious, autism or not.