7 year old boy with autism facing criminal charges

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It is absolutly ridiculous, stupid and insane to criminaly charge a child of 7 yo (Autistic or NT).
At that age they have a very limited understanding of life. This is a age where they do stupid thing without knowing why they did it. Like licking an iron chain in the middle of winter even if they have been told to not and why...

Touching a melting down autistic kid is bloody stupid IMO. Did she expect him NOT to panic and instinctively lash out?

This is exactly the kind of thing they tried to do to get me expelled from my first elementary school. I was in the gifted track, when they said they wanted my IQ tested I scored 160 and was diagnosed with autism (they were hoping for antisocial personality disorder), so they couldn't kick me out based on me being mentally impaired, so they put me on a bogus reward system that said if I did all my homework for a few months I could bring my hamster to school. Then I brought the hamster to school and they kicked me out for bringing an animal to school. I was six.

Anyway, my point is that there's a possibility that they want him expelled but have no real grounds for it other than, "He's autistic," and that's illegal. You notice it said on his IEP that they weren't supposed to touch him, but the principal claimed that touching him during a meltdown was appropriate?

Seems intentional to me. :I

I swear it's going to be every little thing with ASD's now, we sneeze (showing severity of the current situation with the public) and people yell "murder". That case should be laughed at by a real court, and under any other timeframe, it would be. No 7 year old could ever do serious damage to an adult (unless with a weapon, but this isn't the case), certainly not serious enough to warrant criminal charges.

That case file should be laughed right out of the justice system and taken as it should be taken, as a school related matter.

Forget autism for a second: why the hell is a SEVEN YEAR OLD being charged with battery! That's just wrong! They're seriously considering ruining this kid's life because he acted in an "immature" way?! Of course he acted immaturely, he's SEVEN. And, on another note, didn't the teacher have explicit instructions NOT to touch him?!

*cough* Chris-chan *cough*

Sorry, but I had to.

Exactly, how is it that this case isn't simply a school related incident, like it should be? Now, if it were say, middle school that'd be understandable because the kids are older, but 7? Come on.

Are you really surprised?? Really??

This is how it is. Deal with it.

Battery Charges on a child age 7? These people are insane.

So because it's the status quo we should just let it happen? Absolute nonsense. If people had that mentality throughout history, society would still be subject to slavery, america wouldn't be free (or settled for that matter), and the Nazi's would've won the war. Just to name a few examples of the logic of "this is how it is, deal with it".

I think people need to raise hell about this, a seven year old kid, seven being punished for a reaction to a teacher who couldn't follow instructions that were layed out by the schools policy regarding the kid's behavioral plan, and punished in the most severe fashion for that matter, if convicted, this kid would have a criminal record (at least until 18 because I think they can be cleared for minors, not sure), and at the very least, when the kid is 16 trying to find a job at some point, who would hire him?
I think the system needs to be reminded of a few things, and people need to be the ones to remind it of them.

If it were your kid, buyerbeware, what would you do? I know what I'd do, I'd be fighting the system on this with as much ferocity as my lawyers could muster.

lets hope the cable company that the prison subcribes to gets sesame street.
lets hope Mr.wizard comes out with an episode where he shows how to make a shank out of a lego toy.
and if you drop your rubber ducky in the shower,dont pick it up

I would like to know how the teacher is going to be disciplined! You don't pick a child up by the arm, you could dislocate the shoulder.

It seems autistic children are not really considered children, doesn't it?

It seems like autistic people in general aren't really considered people by others, naming the public.

It's been getting worse too, it seems like that's the only criminality I hear anymore, autistic kid this, asperger's person that, it's only going to get worse and it'll be at our expense in the long run.

Charging a 7 year old is just wrong regardless of his autism or if he was an NT.

Many school policies are usually put in place to protect school administrators and faculty from liability regardless of what happens to the children. It is just stupid that people can't use their common sense about these situations.

I find this very peculiar. Especially because many adults with other mental diseases in similar situations will not face these charges.