Autistic Boy Needs Friends
By suzzy3
@suzzy3 (8341)
January 6, 2016 4:31pm CST
I could have cried when I heard about this 11 year old Autistic boys mother going on facebook to find her son some friends.
His mother used to take him to the local playground where the other kids took the mick out of him.
Children and young people can be so cruel. On a happy note the response was very good with many lonely kids also needing some friends.
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@suzzy3 (8341)
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7 Jan 16
@xFiacre That must have been awful not being able to get out. At least the water has gone down. It is hitting the south east at the moment. Sussex has been hit again with floods. Our river is up but hopefully it won't burst its banks. We are 400 yards uphill from the river . A few houses down the road are a bit worried. Horrible , hurry up spring time.
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
7 Jan 16
Sad she has to reach out for friends but atleast she got the response and hopefully they are good to her son
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
7 Jan 16
the worst thing is, the child may not be understanding any of the cruelty that is being met to him by the outside world.
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@vix019 (67)
• Philippines
7 Jan 16
i've been nanny for 4 years in an Autistic boy, it wasn't that easy because you need an unlimited patience, you need to extend it , even his siblings, his mom and dad cant even give just a wide understanding, and i was feeling wounded for that. i am the only one who can understand that boy. for now i quit being his nanny, because we have conflict on his mother, i miss baby 
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@ataboy (737)
• United States
7 Jan 16
I'm going to sound like the....well let's say "bad person" here (to keep i G-rated), just by even asking such a question, or making such an implication. But, plenty of people "took the mick" out of me, so to speak, and were quite cruel. So, might he, like many people that undergo similar ridicule, not be better off learning the ways of the real world? His parents cannot protect him forever, right? I truly am empathetic towards his condition, but maybe he needs to develop even more deep calluses than someone like you or I, so that he might one day hope to interact "normally" within the real-world.
It sounds like I'm an evil SOB (understandably), but I just hate to learn that something happens to his mother/parents and he never develops the appropriate skills to become a "normal" person, as you might call it. Now, THAT would be nothing short of criminal!
Am I even in the ballpark, according to you (all)? Perhaps, it's merely something not considered... 
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@suzzy3 (8341)
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7 Jan 16
I do get your point about having to deal with the real world which can be very cruel. I am sorry to hear that you had a bad time of it and good to know you came through it and survived. I am just lucky my kids were all born without disability. You cannot protect your children from everything and it is sad.
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@ataboy (737)
• United States
8 Jan 16
@suzzy3 Very true! And no one should expect you to, including them, except to the very best of your abilities! You and they are very lucky! I am glad to hear that. 
It must be difficult to do what I've suggested, but one might even argue that not to is bordering on not giving them a decent chance in life. A parent cannot be certain that they or anyone else will be alive tomorrow, and then what of their kids if they have put off even beginning to teach them such things? I know this is largely just a rehash of my and your former comments but I thought it worth saying.
It must be difficult to do what I've suggested, but one might even argue that not to is bordering on not giving them a decent chance in life. A parent cannot be certain that they or anyone else will be alive tomorrow, and then what of their kids if they have put off even beginning to teach them such things? I know this is largely just a rehash of my and your former comments but I thought it worth saying.1 person likes this
