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A comment from the gofundme page

"I am the legal guardian of my younger brother who has PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) - a disability of the autism spectrum. I've been his guardian ever since our mother died in 2000. Having lived with and cared for a family member with this disability my entire life, I can tell quite easily from the video that the young man who was tortured in it suffers from the exact same condition. It's heartbreaking to me, because I can recall an incident very similar to this - that didn't escalate nearly as far - which happened to my brother in the 1990's. It's very sad, and people with this disorder are extremely vulnerable to predatory behavior. I know he was excited at the thought that someone pretended to be his friend (he didn't realize it was pretend), and lured him to a public place with the promise of having a friendly sleepover and get-together. He behaved in a manner that he thought would win their approval and friendship, and went along with their games as a willing participant. He just wanted to be loved and have friends who liked him. This is PDD, folks. This is autism. He was taken advantage of and we need to help him as a community.