Post by misty on Jun 24, 2006 0:35:56 GMT -5
The 11-year-old autistic boy was identified only as "B" in open court. B likes to watch Barney videos and he makes loud noises while sitting on his backyard slide and eating Fudgsicles.
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Just before Thanksgiving, B and his family were granted a restraining order requested by the state against a 41-year-old Quincy neighbor who allegedly verbally abused and harassed the boy, calling him a "retard" and "an animal."
Neighbors were horrified. Strangers were shocked. But many parents of autistic children were anything but surprised.
"This is something that we see all the time," said Jacky Sullivan, president of the Autism Center of the South Shore. "People have little understanding of how our children act. Even within our own families, people have a hard time accepting that our children can't be molded to behave in the same way as typical children."
Read on:
www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/12/07/a_misunderstood_disability/
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Just before Thanksgiving, B and his family were granted a restraining order requested by the state against a 41-year-old Quincy neighbor who allegedly verbally abused and harassed the boy, calling him a "retard" and "an animal."
Neighbors were horrified. Strangers were shocked. But many parents of autistic children were anything but surprised.
"This is something that we see all the time," said Jacky Sullivan, president of the Autism Center of the South Shore. "People have little understanding of how our children act. Even within our own families, people have a hard time accepting that our children can't be molded to behave in the same way as typical children."
Read on:
www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/12/07/a_misunderstood_disability/