POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY WORKERS DEALING WITH AUTISTIC PEOPLE
POLICE OFFICERS & AUTISTIC PEOPLE
We have heard about stories in the past years about autistic people being wrongfully arrested for unknown reasons. Most of these police officers that do this have little to no training on how to deal with individuals with the disorder. Many police officers, as with other people, have mistaken an autistic person's strange and violent behaviors as a normal person just acting out. Some police officers may mistake it as if they were intoxicated or on drugs, because of their strange behaviors.
Many parents today, are fighting for their autistic child(ren)'s disability rights, as some autistic children's odd and strange behaviors make them unable to enjoy the same quality of life as other people with or without disabilities. They are dealing with police officers that are improperly restraining them. Many people with autism are seriously injured or even killed by untrained police officers that deal with the autism community.
POLICE STORIES INVOLVING AUTISTIC PEOPLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffCh13ReR8o
The link above is a link to a video that show a story about an autistic 15 year-old boy in Chicago, IL being killed after being shot twice by 2 police officers for allegedly pulling a butter knife on them.