Cops: Major Change in Wisconsin Coed Mystery [Audrey Seiler]

Fox News Online ^ | 4/2/04 | AP

[TheBigB]

MADISON, Wis.

[Libertina]

My very sincere sympathies, One who hopes to know... In a better day she would have been put in a care facility - not allowed to "make a choice." God bless.

[nuconvert]

yum....cashews

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Get over your indignation, Sir.

Since yesterday was your first day on FR, you should be aware that italics are generally reserved for quoting the post you are responding to. See above.

Your remarks, insipid and uninformed as they are, should be in regular type.

[Yaelle]

I also have a son with Asperger's. We didn't get a diagnosis until he was 9. There are some positives to getting the diagnosis; now I know WHY he does some of the things he does. If you want to chat about it, FReepmail me. My boy is 12 now.

[tiamat]

Some days you just can't help them.

Sorry to hear about your brother.

[thoughtomator]

The woman has to learn that there are consequences for her criminal behavior. If she doesn't understand what she did now, she should be given plenty of jail time to consider it.

[alisasny]

Hidly I can empathize with them to a certian point as enabling allows misdeeds like this to happen and or fester.

I am sure this family has a laundry list of covering for their sister brother daugher grandaughter throughout her young life. ENABLING NEVER HELPS NEVER WILL so hopefully the entire family will get some help.

[Travis McGee]

It's typical for AS kids to be misdiagnosed 4-5 times over several years before the correct diagnosis is arrived at. There are now lots of books, websites etc that can help you get up to speed on AS, but they are all new, since the late 90s. GBU.

[Sacajaweau]

No one in the Law Enforcement or Family has given any indication that she has a mental problem. Did her parents know about the February incident? It doesn't sound like it.

I'm guessing that the Police went on TV because they had put out a picture AND a warning and and for no other reason.

Wonder how many tips they got??

[tiamat]

I'm sorry to hear about your brother.

Keep your kids safe. Watch him like a hawk if he shows up.

[Travis McGee]

If anyone is interested in setting up an informal AS support group via email, please freepmail me.

[uncitizen]

I see that this disorder has only been recognized for a couple of years. Which means your son could be the gineau pig for some new drugs.

Be careful with that. Several years ago my 14 year old daughter was having problems concentrating in school, the doc said she didn't have ADD, but that they wanted to try a new drug out on her to see if it would help. I didn't understand how these things worked and the doc didn't tell me that she was going to be part of a clinical trial. But there was this funny looking prescription that had to be authorized by the govt. I don't remember the exact name of the medication, but it made my daughter turn violent. She kicked in walls and doors. Never had a violent episode before that. That medication has not yet been put on the market to my knowledge, unless it is under a different name.

[bearkat]

She may get some help, but the insurance company will eventually decide to cut off her services. It will be up to her parents to carry her... if ofcourse she TRULY even has a problem. The problem may only be that she need a good spanking and a reality check.

[SarahW]

She wasn't looking for attention, IMO. The abduction story was "cover" for her feeling unable to cope, disappearing, causing worry.

This is a well-liked "perfect" girl. She was a top athlete, successfull, straight-A dynamo. She had a fan club, for pete's sake. (A group of 8th grade mail students she taught made t-shirts, posters, stickers, etc for their informal adoration society) SHe had buckets of attention. Perhaps too MUCH attention.

What's closest to the truth in her modified story is that she "just wanted to be alone".

She just moved to this new school, she's been there for six months. The program is demanding. I think she's panicked at not being perfect.

She felt she couldn't explain the need to escape, get away, not be accountable, without losing face.

She may also have some emerging mental illness triggered by stress.

[highlandbreeze]

Thank you for the freepmail. That was very sweet and much appreciated. Yes, jsut knowing that there are others is comforting and I don't feel so alone. It is difficult since we spend so much time on our own(husband in military). He has it tough and my heart aches for him. I would like to correspond with you and any info would you could spare would be wonderful. Again thank you.

[nina0113]

I'd never heard of Asperger's so I took a quick minute to look it up - that sounds exactly like my Dad. Brilliant at math & science, no ability to make friends - everyone at church likes him, but it never occurs to him to socialize outside there or his workplace (retired now). The only socialization he actually enjoys, even within the family, are very structured games - either card or board. His daily routine is essential. He has his own weird little diet that he made up himself: no vegetables, no fat, very little meat - he lives on rice, skim milk & non-fat cottage cheese.

I'll have to do more reading & ask my bro the MD about it.

[LisaMalia]

Kick her butt. Hard.

Yep, that will straighten her right out if she's had a nervous breakdown.

Or better yet, how about shock treatments? Maybe go back to the way of thinking in the 40s and just lock her up in an asylum, how would you have liked that treatment when going through your illness?

Or they could go the 'ole Joe Kennedy route and lobotomize the girl and get it over with.