The following crimes against people with Autism was sent on an email list I’m part of. I thought I would share it with you. Remember this is just one month, and only 1 in 150 people have autism – most are undiagnosed.
16 September 2009 – Fresno, CA, USA A ten-year-old boy with autism who was playing on the lawn of his home was stabbed repeatedly. The alleged attacker, Victoria Moreno, a women who lives in the neighborhood is in custody. The boy is in stable condition in hospital according to KSEE 24 News.
16 September 2009 – Hastings, MN, USA As reported by WCCO, Katherine Lorraine Rosenthal was charged with 12 counts of theft by swindle and exploitation of a vulnerable adult in connection with an alleged swindle of $300,000 from a man with autism. The money had been left to him by his mother for his care and Ms. Rosenthal was given power of attorney after the death of his father.
13 September 2009 – Bloomington, MN, USA As reported by the University Chronicle, Abercrombie & Fitch was fined $115,264 for discimination against persons with disabilities for refusing to allow a teenager assist her autistic sister try on clothing.
13 September 2009 – Willmington, NC, USA The 61-year-old basketball coach of a 16-year-old girl with autism was convicted of sexual activity by a substitute parent and will serve 1 year 5 months to 2 years 6 months. According to Star News Online, under North Carolina law, more serious sex charges were not available since the girl was beyond the age of consent.
11 September 2009 – Santa Ana, CA, USA According to KABC Los Angeles, Daniel Vlas Flores, was arrested in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a 7-year old girl with autism.
11 September 2009 – Conroe, TX, USA According to the Courier of Montgomery County, Chase Cannon, 29, pled guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison for beating a 3-year-old with autism to death in 2008.
3 September 2009 – Farmington, NM, USA As reported by the Associated Press, “A Bloomfield woman has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for the death of her mentally disabled adult son, who was found dead in a bathroom in the family home, covered in human feces, dirt and garbage. Sandra Greenwood was convicted in May of second-degree neglect of a health care resident in the September 2006 death of her 26-year-old son, Jared.” Greenwood was actually sentenced to 15 years, with all but 2 years and six months suspended.
From the International Coalition on Abuse and Disability
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Since you didn’t, please allow me to credit the source: This is from Dick Sobsey at the icad (International Coalition on Abuse & Disability) blog at http://icad.wordpress.com/
I did not see the source in the email I got today, but I will add it. Thanks for letting me know
Zach, All of this is your fault for opposing a cure for these people.
So your saying its not the fault of those the that committed the crimes?
So your saying its not the fault of individuals that do not accept those that are different from normal (whatever normal is)?
Man, why is that fellow allowed on the internet…? There really should be a cure for cruelty against people who are different than normal.
Why stab a ten year old? And as for molesting innocent children and stealing people’s money…. Man… Stuff like that can happen to folks who aren’t autistic either. It’s not so much the autism, but the sheer… cruelty.
Autistic people would not be abused if they were cured of the autism. The fault lies with the companies who cause the autism and the nitwits who rant against curing it.
John,
I know your upset about Sam being autistic. I know your trying so hard to look for answers that are not there. However blaming companies based on studies that have been proven fraudulent, and now completely false does nothing to help anyone – including your son.
No, actually folks would just simply find some other reason to abuse a person besides having autism… Such as the typical reasons for abusing people like general insecurity, mental instability. Prejudice.
The fault lies with people who feel the need to bully and exploit people.
Zach, Studies are irrelevant. Thimerosal caused all the autism and the studies are just weak attempts to deny the truth.
So just because you disagree with the facts produced by a scientific study you can just cast them out the window?
Zach, if you have to Ask – What fellow Synesthesia is referring to?, I’m not sure you’ll understand this question – Would you allow your Home to be infested with rats?
What fellow are you referring too?
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