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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The video I saw didn’t involve anyone getting “punched out.” Perhaps there’s a longer version I didn’t see?

I assume the football player holding the other end of the banner is the other student who was involved in the altercation? The principal is treating this like two kids who got into a fight are taking responsibility for their actions, have worked out some understanding, and no longer have a beef. Everyone else is exploiting the fact that (allegedly) one of the students has autism. I’m the parent of a high school student who is on the spectrum. [b]It feels to me like posters who keep bringing up autism have their own agenda.[/b][/quote]

+1 Kids with autism can still start fights. I don't know what happened in that video, except that it starts mid-fight and both kids get some licks in, but it would be ludicious to assume that a child with autism could not have possibly been an equal party to a conflict, or that any conflict that involves a student on the spectrum is "bullying."

Autistic kids are kids. Sometimes kids get into fights that are not bullying. Therefore, by the transitive property, sometimes autistic kids get into fights that are not bullying. [/quote]
Exactly. As the parent of an autistic child in gen Ed classes, it’s offensive that people think that autism = no agency, whatsoever. I have no idea what happened between the two kids in the video. Maybe they were both to blame, maybe only one was. I don’t want my child to have to wear a scarlet letter to announce to everyone that dc has autism and, therefore, must not be treated like everyone else. My child is odd and sometimes gets picked on, but is definitely capable of starting an argument and shouldn’t get to provoke others with impunity. (I’m not saying that’s what happened in the video, just pointing out that you can’t assume every child on the spectrum who says something rude is completely clueless and didn’t know better.)[/quote]

Learn to be a better advocate for your child. Your child gets picked on because of a disability they can't control but thank God the neighbors don't know they're autistic. Great work.
Your child isn't odd. It's odd that society is learning to accept all different types of people except those with special needs. That's odd.[/quote]

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