You couldn't be more wrong. There is no "benefit" to anyone going through the justice system.
The purpose of the justice system is to punish. Punishment of autism or retardation does not have any effect on the problem, and doesn't produce less of either.
I think you have misrepresented what I said. I did not say it was good for him to go through the system. I said it was the only system for him to go through. Only with the threat of the law hanging over people will anything get done today. It is not set up to work any other way. I’m sorry but unfortunately that is the way things are.
It is however fortunate for both the parents and the school system that it happened before this child seriously injured another student. Although it may be wishful thinking, perhaps now a wise judge will see that the child is placed in a setting where he can get the specialized attention that he needs.
It may not be right but without the courts getting involved, he would never have been moved out of the normal classroom.