“He’s Autistic; He Deserved It Say Parents Of Bullies”
I found this video both despicable and shocking.
And find myself at loss for words.
So how do we stop the abuse? Do you have any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
“He’s Autistic; He Deserved It Say Parents Of Bullies” – How do we stop the bullying of autistic people?
Hi,
Good question how do we stop this?
Answer, for people we do not know about, we can’t, we cannot even try.
A positive question is how can we support children, families and communities?
1 of many suggestions which other may call an Answer , (it’s a learning process, there is no answer we continue to strive for a better not inclusive society)
My sister Pauline Byrne is an active member of CAN cottage autism network in country Wexford (Ireland) this is a group of parents and community members who actually want to support the amazing abilities their children bring to our community. They work all day to support their families, they work tirelessly to support their community and they work from the heart to build a society that will be kind to their children, who become teenagers and adults.
This is a hard thankless job for people who care. Let’s stop giving out about those who don’t want to help. Let’s just do what we can to help and leave others to find something that can make them happy of grateful to be well enough to say ‘what can I do to help?’
Most bullies are themselves suffering some sort of abuse and are the foremost in trying to force others into compliance within the group as a whole. The problem is that either the person is unable to comply or does not know how to. A lot of the time abuse may simply be isolation with occasional physical component or constant abuse using language, minor harassment or actual physical abuse. To alter the situation you need to educate not only the bullies, but their group and their parents. Who, of course will be in denial or accuse the victim of incitement. My own abuse as a child was mainly isolation or being left out of play or other activities, but occasionally it would involve physical abuse, then punishment for reacting to the abuse. There appears to be a lack of understanding from all involved that the abuse took place or was only an isolated incident. There needs to be a log of incidents, including all those involved as well as who was supervising to establish a pattern and to give the victim an opportunity to speak about it without the risk of recrimination. It is easier to view the victim as the bully as usually those supervising only notice the reaction and not the initial incident. Even with CCTV the authorities do not properly investigate as they are time constrained or reluctant to get involved when it is their responsibility to do so.
Have a parent of one of those bullies step into your shoes for a day!!