What would you do - Autism

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I found this video on youtube, when searching for the ABC What Would You Do? documentaries, which I find quite interesting from a Social Science perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgwYukPReKw

Personally, I think this video is perhaps unrepresentative of most people with autism, who would probably not be recognised as having from first glances.

I think I would have been upset too if someone took food off my plate, disability or not. I have never seen any autistic person that bad.

If my child was the sort to pound on the table and going 'eggs' loudly I probably wouldn't bother going out to a restaurant as it would be embarrassing for me and annoying for other people.
But if I did end up in a situation like that I and was asked "Can you control him" instead of answering "He has Autism" which is not an answer to the question, I would say "Only partly".

I was on a ferry about 18 months ago and my son was running around a lot and making noises, but the ferry is like a public place so people have no right to be too bothered by that I think. He found a couple lying on the floor sleeping and lay on top of them for a cuddle and woke them up, that was kindof funny but they were nice about it.

I have. It does happen. Not common, but it does.

What I don't like about this video is that it shows a very unrealistic reaction from the patron. People can be, and ARE very nasty, but rarely would act that obviously. Most of the time it's just dirty looks and crap no one would do anything about.

Letting him steal food from his plate was over the top though. I might actually stick up for the patron in that case, as I am on the spectrum with three kids on it too, and would never allow my kids to do that. I would make my kids leave, and she should have too. That's stealing, and the kid needs to learn that, regardless.

Michael Savage on the other hand, is a moron. 'Nuff said.

I have. I have seen kids who's behavior is 10 times worse. Who run around screaming and grabbing food. And there parents do nothing but demand that we accept them doing that.

I remember I touched someone's else food when I was five years old. I saw these two older girls holding brownies and I got excited and wanted to know what they were ad I wanted a piece so I touched it to see what it felt like. Mom told me after that "you do not touch other peoples food" and she showed me the finger prints I put on it. I am sure my mother bought them another brownie and apologized. But why did she make me wait until we left the place before I eat the brownie is a mystery to me. I had no clue then what was going on and why mom said I put those finger prints there. In my mind I didn't do it because they were not there when I touched them. So I didn't know I put those there when I touched it. But it was that one time when I did it and it never happened again. She told me you don't touch other peoples food so I never did it again.

But I was never that bad as the boy in the video and I still touched someone's food but I was five years old, not ten or eight, however old the boy was in the video and I didn't keep on doing it after mom told me you don't do that. Only people I have seen grab food off peoples plate is my son. I wouldn't let him do it to other people of course but family is different. But I am sure that is normal toddler behavior because they don't understand that boundary yet. I know I did the same thing too at that age because I have seen it in the videos.