A Letter That Will Make You Feel Uncomfortable at Best

[Sorter]

A family is in shock and a community has united after an anonymous hate letter was written about a young boy living with severe autism.

Karla Begley told CityNews her son Max, 13, stays with his grandmother in the morning during the summer time. It was at that home in Newcastle where letter was delivered on Friday.

“I was shaking when I was reading it,” Brenda Millson, Max’s grandmother, told CityNews. “It’s awful words. You don’t know why somebody would ever do such a thing.”

The typed, one-page letter refers to the young boy as a “nuisance” and a “wild animal” before suggesting the family move or “euthanize” the child.

Begley says the police have been contacted and should they have grounds, charges will be filed against the letter’s author.
http://www.citynews.ca/2013/08/18/fa...n-with-autism/

[beach tribe]

A person that un****ing believably cruel and cold is the one who needs to die.

[The Franchise]

Somebody bring this 4chan's attention.

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by J Douche

Jesus you could have just told him to google blue waffle.

I think he's more of a Lemon Party kind of guy.

[Tombstone RJ]

What a nasty letter. I bet grandma can figure out who wrote it... there are plenty of clues in that letter.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

A person that un****ing believably cruel and cold is the one who needs to die.

Probably, but it would be interesting to know the whole story. Just how much of a disturbance does this kid cause and is there anything the grandmother can do to minimize the impact on her neighbors? For all we know, the neighbors may have been politely trying to get the grandmother to take some reasonable steps to minimize a serious disturbance before someone resorted to this. Not that that would completely excuse a nasty letter like this, but it could cast it in a different light.

I've got a friend who has an autistic son who he started taking to the gym for exercise. The son is somewhere around 18 or 19 now, he's over 6' tall, he weighs over 200 lbs, and he has a history of temper and behavior issues. After doing their thing at the gym, my friend and his son were getting changed in the lockerroom and the son went over to the shower area, walked right up next to a man who was taking a shower and took a piss on him and started laughing because he thought it was funny. It's hard to fault my friend for wanting to get his son some exercise or for failing to be riding his son so closely that the young man couldn't pull a stunt like that (he does keep a pretty close eye on him), but on the other hand, the guy who was minding his own business taking a shower shouldn't have to deal with that kind of thing. Fortunately for my friend, the man accepted his apology and didn't make a big deal out of it. But I think the trips to the gym ended, at least for a while. Can you imagine a full grown man walking over to you in the shower and taking a piss on you? The autistic guy didn't know it was wrong, but that sure doesn't make it right.

[blaise]

Yeah I don't doubt the kid could be a nuisance. And there's people that would no doubt just let them outside with little supervision. She just went the low road with the letter instead of maybe talking to the people.

[Dayze]

in some countries you need to pay extra for that.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Probably, but it would be interesting to know the whole story. Just how much of a disturbance does this kid cause and is there anything the grandmother can do to minimize the impact on her neighbors? For all we know, the neighbors may have been politely trying to get the grandmother to take some reasonable steps to minimize a serious disturbance before someone resorted to this. Not that that would completely excuse a nasty letter like this, but it could cast it in a different light.

I've got a friend who has an autistic son who he started taking to the gym for exercise. The son is somewhere around 18 or 19 now, he's over 6' tall, he weighs over 200 lbs, and he has a history of temper and behavior issues. After doing their thing at the gym, my friend and his son were getting changed in the lockerroom and the son went over to the shower area, walked right up next to a man who was taking a shower and took a piss on him and started laughing because he thought it was funny. It's hard to fault my friend for wanting to get his son some exercise or for failing to be riding his son so closely that the young man couldn't pull a stunt like that (he does keep a pretty close eye on him), but on the other hand, the guy who was minding his own business taking a shower shouldn't have to deal with that kind of thing. Fortunately for my friend, the man accepted his apology and didn't make a big deal out of it. But I think the trips to the gym ended, at least for a while. Can you imagine a full grown man walking over to you in the shower and taking a piss on you? The autistic guy didn't know it was wrong, but that sure doesn't make it right.

I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't know that there is something wrong with the dude and he probably would have been punched in the face.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Probably, but it would be interesting to know the whole story. Just how much of a disturbance does this kid cause and is there anything the grandmother can do to minimize the impact on her neighbors? For all we know, the neighbors may have been politely trying to get the grandmother to take some reasonable steps to minimize a serious disturbance before someone resorted to this. Not that that would completely excuse a nasty letter like this, but it could cast it in a different light.

I've got a friend who has an autistic son who he started taking to the gym for exercise. The son is somewhere around 18 or 19 now, he's over 6' tall, he weighs over 200 lbs, and he has a history of temper and behavior issues. After doing their thing at the gym, my friend and his son were getting changed in the lockerroom and the son went over to the shower area, walked right up next to a man who was taking a shower and took a piss on him and started laughing because he thought it was funny. It's hard to fault my friend for wanting to get his son some exercise or for failing to be riding his son so closely that the young man couldn't pull a stunt like that (he does keep a pretty close eye on him), but on the other hand, the guy who was minding his own business taking a shower shouldn't have to deal with that kind of thing. Fortunately for my friend, the man accepted his apology and didn't make a big deal out of it. But I think the trips to the gym ended, at least for a while. Can you imagine a full grown man walking over to you in the shower and taking a piss on you? The autistic guy didn't know it was wrong, but that sure doesn't make it right.

Yeah, I don't doubt that the kid is capable of being a significant nuisance. I also know that sometimes the parents of these kids are so locked into the idea that their child deserves to have a normal existence, they lose sight of how their child's behavior impedes other people's abilities to have normal lives. It's a really complicated subject when you dig deeper.

That said, the letter shows a complete lack of class, compassion, and manners. It may not be criminal, but I probably wouldn't mind seeing this person outed so they could face a degree of public shaming. A lesson hard learned about which thoughts get shared and which thoughts stay internalized.

[Squatch]

The bottom line is that people who treat people the way this does deserve to have a special needs child.

Karma is a bitch. Right JasonsAuto?

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Squatch

The bottom line is that people who treat people the way this does deserve to have a special needs child.

Karma is a bitch. Right JasonsAuto?

Dude what the hell? JasonsAuto was against the lady that wrote the letter. Can you read?

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by loochy

Dude what the hell? JasonsAuto was against the lady that wrote the letter. Can you read?

I'm not sure but I think he may be stalking sauto over some previous post that apparently only he remembers.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Squatch

The bottom line is that people who treat people the way this does deserve to have a special needs child.

Karma is a bitch. Right JasonsAuto?

Who's this, bugeater's pet hemmorhoid again?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Probably, but it would be interesting to know the whole story. Just how much of a disturbance does this kid cause and is there anything the grandmother can do to minimize the impact on her neighbors? For all we know, the neighbors may have been politely trying to get the grandmother to take some reasonable steps to minimize a serious disturbance before someone resorted to this. Not that that would completely excuse a nasty letter like this, but it could cast it in a different light.

I've got a friend who has an autistic son who he started taking to the gym for exercise. The son is somewhere around 18 or 19 now, he's over 6' tall, he weighs over 200 lbs, and he has a history of temper and behavior issues. After doing their thing at the gym, my friend and his son were getting changed in the lockerroom and the son went over to the shower area, walked right up next to a man who was taking a shower and took a piss on him and started laughing because he thought it was funny. It's hard to fault my friend for wanting to get his son some exercise or for failing to be riding his son so closely that the young man couldn't pull a stunt like that (he does keep a pretty close eye on him), but on the other hand, the guy who was minding his own business taking a shower shouldn't have to deal with that kind of thing. Fortunately for my friend, the man accepted his apology and didn't make a big deal out of it. But I think the trips to the gym ended, at least for a while. Can you imagine a full grown man walking over to you in the shower and taking a piss on you? The autistic guy didn't know it was wrong, but that sure doesn't make it right.

One of my dad's best friends had a kid that was severely reeruned like this. He was a few years older than me, and big for his age anyway. God I hated going over to visit them. He had a sister that kept him at bay for the most part, but he would just do.... anything. He might slobber on you - he might punch you. He might break a lamp, or shit his pants. All while laughing, moaning or screaming - he was never quiet. I don't know how they kept sane.

I assume a lot of the people riding their moral high horses in this thread have never had to deal with one of these people in real life. It isn't exactly fun.

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by frazod

I assume a lot of the people riding their moral high horses in this thread have never had to deal with one of these people in real life. It isn't exactly fun.

Obviously most of them are kept in their cages in the real world, amiright?