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Originally Posted by Neptune83
Whilst I've said about him perhaps not being in control and not being able to help himself, Hellion brings up a very good point. Any behaviour like that is unacceptable and I think it's important for him to learn this. Society as a whole don't accept violence etc.. It would be awful him having to learn the hard way. If that could be avoided and he could be taught this now, it would benefit him in the long run.
Hellion, I must say although I personally don't have experience of working with anyone who's autistic, a good friend and also a relative do. They work in a school for those with autism, Aspergers, downs etc and I know they've encountered quite a few violent episodes with the pupils. As far as I'm aware, those with Aspergers and autism can find it difficult to grasp emotions, they find it difficult to read how others are feeling and I think they struggle with their own emotions. Of course, there's a whole spectrum so it would depend on how severe one suffered with it.
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I am on the spectrum so I know what the disorder is...just saying it doesn't make one a violent person. I have certainly had my moments of being entirely overloaded and blowing up on people and such...though I can't say I've ever managed to do much harm, probably more to myself than anyone else. But yeah it depends on the person and how they are effected in how much of a role it plays in their behavior. Also having a disorder like autism doesn't mean one cannot knowingly do things they know are wrong...so I was just getting at its not really an excuse for hurting people or anything like that. If someone with autism has some horrible meltdown and starts throwing things then its probably not their intention if someone gets hit with something, but if they intentionally try to hurt someone just to hurt someone then I wouldn't think its fair if they were to blame the autism.
I don't know with a lot of aggressive/violent incidents with autistic kids its not uncommon that they where provoked, I mean chances are if a kid starts freaking out because someone won't stop flicking little bits of paper at them but the teacher only catches their meltdown rather than the kid flicking the paper then that teacher may say the autistic child just started acting aggressive for no reason. I know kids liked to do that to me when I was younger get to me in ways the teacher couldn't see/notice so i'd get in trouble when I got frusterated enough to react.
I only have the experiance of being on the spectrum without knowing it until somewhat recently...no working with others on it or having a sibling with it.