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re: What is it with parents of autistic children leaving them unsupervised in upstairs rooms?

Posted on 4/13/25 at 8:09 am to
Posted by tigergirl10
Member since Jul 2019
10399 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 8:09 am to
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window seal
What on earth? Lol
Posted by Lou Loomis
A pond. Ponds good for you.
Member since Mar 2025
136 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 10:34 am to
Sounds like that shite is none of your business. Or that of your neighbors who “damn near had to kick the door down”. Maybe the parents aren’t concerned about it. You definitely should not be. You sound really fookin nosy.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 4/13/25 at 11:09 am to
Xbox / PlayStation the babysitter watching them
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
892 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:35 pm to
Have you ever been a caregiver to someone who is in an unreasonable condition?
I have witnessed this a few times in my life and cannot see judging the people who are struggling with this situation.
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
3102 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:44 pm to
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And what's the deal with parents of autistic children leaving them unsupervised in upstairs rooms?

Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
5701 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:49 pm to
We have two "developmentally disabled" kids on my cul-de-sac of a dozen houses. Moms were both older and already had middle/high school aged kids. Back in the 80s, I'd hear that the older a mother was the more chances there'd be an issue with a child, women over 35 were "discouraged" from having kids. Now it's not unusual for 40 year old women to have kids, don't know if there's a scientific correlation though.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
3420 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:51 pm to
One day he will do that with the wrong person. Especially once he grows older. Then his parents can cry on TV.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70171 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:56 pm to
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my cul-de-sac of a dozen houses



That's a big culdesac.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70171 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:58 pm to
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Back in the 80s, I'd hear that the older a mother was the more chances there'd be an issue with a child, women over 35 were "discouraged" from having kids. Now it's not unusual for 40 year old women to have kids, don't know if there's a scientific correlation though.



For Down's, there absolutely is a scientific correlation. But autism, I think that term is still fluid and encapsulates any kid who is "weird".
Posted by bakersman
Shreveport
Member since Apr 2011
5836 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 3:04 pm to
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Why don't you go downstairs and ask your mom?


Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
16358 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 5:15 pm to
Are you sure it wasn’t a window jamb?

Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
3420 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 5:38 pm to
Maybe not to label all weird kids. I believe there are some, but that the diagnosis is tossed out too much. All I see on fb is autism hitting my page. It’s the fad now. Like adhd 30 years ago.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
69985 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 6:46 pm to
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I stopped my suv
NOT an SUV



Posted by DevilDagNS
Member since Dec 2017
2890 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 7:25 pm to
I have an autistic 5 year old. He is incredibly smart but is fearless about things he should be afraid of. He will climb on the roof if he can find a way. He has no fear of water. He doesn’t seem to feel pain like normal people. Our property is like a medium security prison with all the fences and locks on everything.

My greatest anxiety is that I know one day he will be big enough that I won’t be able to contain him. My hope is that when that time comes he will be far enough along that he will be able to survive the world (like don’t get hit by a car, don’t jump off the roof etc.)

It’s no way to live I assure you.

Posted by Lowdermilk
Lowdermilk Beach
Member since Aug 2024
384 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 7:28 pm to

This post was edited on 4/13/25 at 8:39 pm
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
17475 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 7:42 pm to
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he would open his window and hang out of it


Just stimmin’ out bro. Let a lil baw do his thing
Posted by Bigdawgb
Member since Oct 2023
2443 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 8:11 pm to
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This seems like an extremely specific gripe


OP must be autistic to be fixated on such a specific thing
Posted by Tr33fiddy
Hog Jaw, Arkansas (it exists)
Member since Aug 2023
1374 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 9:34 pm to
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have an autistic 5 year old. He is incredibly smart but is fearless about things he should be afraid of


Mine is fearless of things that can actually hurt him and terrified of harmless things.

My guy cannot be contained. At 4 years old it took him half a day to figure out how to defeat an interior door lock. I put slide locks at the top of the door and he would either use a broom handle or make a ladder to reach it.

He is absolutely exhausting. Every waking moment...non stop. Just got to do the best ya can.
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13820 posts
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:56 pm to
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I stopped my suv and got under the window and tried to coach him back inside


Sounds like we have an ABA therapist here. A coach, if you will.

Can I suggest that you get the dad’s phone number and call/text if the kid is in danger or running around the neighborhood?
Posted by HeadCall
Member since Feb 2025
1778 posts
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:58 pm to
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One time he literally just walked off in a mall when he was about 7 while she was paying. She turned around and his arse was gone. Took a half hour to find him.


This doesn’t make a kid autistic lol
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