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Originally Posted by Vegas69
One of my best friends has a 17 year old son with Autism. He's very intelligent but doesn't speak. In the last year he has had episodes of violence hitting his mother to the point where his father must put his life on hold to be with him at most times. It worries me as my buddy has many guns but he has never operated guns around him. However, it would be pretty easy for him to go on youtube or other sources to figure it out.... This is a prime example of a situation where a gun safe is MANDATORY. It's clear that his son is very frustrated with his situation. He has communicated that he wants to move out and have his own life through an Ipad. Unfortunately, he'll likely never be able to do so. I can see how these type of situation could lead to great violence.
Please don't take this negatively against your boys. I just wanted to point out that some autistic kids are violent by nature depending on the degree.
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First of all educate yourself. First you said the child is non verbal. Mine are too. Have you ever thought that the reason for the outbursts is frustration?? Autistic children CAN'T express themselves. You need to think about the child's POV. First, how would you feel if you couldn't speak or express your wants or basic human needs at all, and would do anything out of frustration to try to communicate. My experience has told me that your friends' son is frustrated. Maybe it's provoked? I don't know the homelife. Do you? This is the narrow-mindedness that worries me. My oldest has at an early age, beat his head on the concrete driveway out of frustration for sure. THink about the parents as well. I'm sure there is a fair amount of frustration there too. Image for one minute, if you have kids, they cannot tell you when they are sick, hungry, upset, sad, happy, that they want to do certain things. Hell, they can't even say I love you. As a parent, when my child suddenly bursts out in tears and hits himself, I can see he's upset and frustrated about something, but he cant tell me why, I can't seem to figure out why. In the case of last Friday, there is much more to the story that what the media is saying. If your friend is concerned about the weapons, then he needs to take more precautions and keep them locked away. I'm not against the right to bear arms, but there is a certain responsibility that needs to take place. This also doesn't mean, any child with a disabiltiy is capable of hurting people either.
My friend who has a son with Aspergers found this. Here 18 year old son is already getting shunned at school. This sickens me. People need to educate themselves.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/why...164900109.html