I would take this to a solicitor and try to get some other members of your school to speak up. it would really damage his reputation. Plus if he does practice as a teacher still it would put his whole carrier at risk. The reason this is the best way to go is because, if their is a threat of getting prosecuted and if he wants to settle this out of court, you could get a good pay out. specially if its effected you now, taking the piss out of a special needs person is very inhuman. best wishes. :)
I was recently diagnosed with MILD Asperger's Syndrome at 25. The strange thing is I'm not all that different from anyone else. I just have difficulty fitting in (and possibly socializing). The thing that pisses me off, however, is when it gets referred to as a "developmental disability". Just because I'm different, doesn't mean I'm disabled. I also hate the fact that it's associated with "special needs" and confused with Mental Retardation or severe Autism.
My 20 yr old son stills struggles emotionally from the horrific abuse he endured at the hands of his teachers/ principal as a 5-6 yr old boy. He will NEVER forget them or their cruelty (Karen Faucher, Mrs. Carswell, Mrs. Jacobson). We tried so hard to protect him-- it was simply futile. This poor autistic kid was completely defenseless in Shawnee Mission School District. He is scarred for life, but now attends college and is so well loved by so many of his professors and peers. Is there karma?
@retabshit Considering how the university I tried to attend a couple of years ago treated me, I think your son has been relatively lucky. You could not pay me enough to go back to school now.
@aspie182 I don't know if you'd at all be interested in giving college another shot, but Landmark College in Putney Vermont is a FABULOUS school for LD students. Very kind, compassionate... and so very knowledgeable about Asperger's, They have incredible professors. Everyone connected with the college is just so calm cool and laid back... just very well educated and excited to be teaching these very brilliant students. It's a bit pricey 60K yr., but there may be some grants or something for you.
Godzdamn, I'm Aspie, Bi-Polar and never had any abusive teachers! Just loosers that couldn't get real jobs! If British schools are really this bad I can understad why the main character in Pink Floyd's "The Wall" movie got as angry as he did throughout his life. The only crap i had to take from my peers was when the "nice" kids slowly warmed up to me thinking I was too smart, too cool and to me they were nothing but goody goody scum I wished had been aborted! Even if they played football!!!
I can relate to your frustration regarding "teachers". Due to the misallocation of resources and simply blind trust in some cases, I fear that experiences like ours will be had by some of today's young students and continue to go unchecked, unless new psychological standards are set regarding who can be allowed the privilege to guide the minds of tomorrow. And to the truly wise teachers out there, you know who you are, please don't give up or bow in the face of ignorance. Our children need you.
aww..thats teacher is awful.:(i always believe everyone deserve to be respected and treated likeother normal people no matter who you are.Me myself had fall for a guy who has autism.:Dhe taught me how to appreciate things in life.
My boyfriend has autism, he himself has had tough times and is still going through them. He is a Caltech student and is very brilliant at what he does as a math major he develops and also was a TA in various laser applications for cancer treatment. You are very strong to have posted this video and keep up the great work. Never let any one say you can't when you can, now that you know a diagnosis you can move ahead but one step at a time. Never stop and keep your head up.
@SpeedVideoz Honestly, why do you ignorant normie retards write this kind of crap, anyway? Does it make YOU somehow feel better? Because if you felt what I felt every time I come across this shit, you would beg for it to stop in a matter of seconds.
The lack of compassion and understanding does not end with school. It continues beautifully into the workplace. Thankfully, due to my adherence to rules and structure, I know how to work a union.
You make me suspect that the sole purpose of education is to destroy children. That makes sense these days. Everything is used for the opposite of what we thought it was.
Quick thought Dean: You say it's perplexing how a teacher would be given a position of authority and carte blanche to be abusive. What perplexes me is why anyone would WANT to be so abusive to a precious child.
@dcs002 My experience with teachers was sadly similar. I was physically beaten or abused for offenses that got a simple telling-off when other kids did the same thing.
My teachers didn't believe me when I told them how physically dangerous it was for me to enter the boys' room, and my parents (one of them a therapist) didn't believe me when I told them about the teachers.
As a kid I was convinced that the only reason people became teachers was so they could bully kids. I really believed that.
Keep up the good work of explaining who you are and how you feel. Responding to cretins with anger only builds on their ignorance. Truly understanding autism and aspergers is a lifetime quest. Thank you for helping us understand.
I've taken my 10 yr old (very distructive in class) to several specialists who say he has nothing and even my ex (his father) says "see I told you it wasn't... this or that". It's so frustrating, I just want to get to the bottom of it and find the best way to help my child. It also effects my other children. it's so unfair.
I am having a hell of a time trying to get a diagnosis for my child. She presents with what i think is high functioning mild autism. Everyone from school to therapists think the same. thank you for your video it was insightful.
I was brought into the exact same circumstances . They would even go so far as to leave me in a room by myself for HOURS while the class behind me was full of kids learning and socialing. The vary thing that i needed the most in childhood. They just didn't now what to do with me so at one point they stopped caring. They intentionaly held me behind to keep what funds they could get out of me untill others of my condition started entering my class years later.
thank you dean. I am homeschooling my very smart,lovely 11 year old grandson. I took him out of shcool because he couldn't write a proper sentence. He is great at math, and learning to write really pretty now.
My parents took me out of 'normal' schooling because my teachers would not recognize my learning disabilities. Some of my teachers probably thought I was the stupidest and irresponsible person they taught. One teacher though was the best ever, she helped me through & I actually learned something!
Sue the one teacher that abused you by causing you to cry for their bennifit, really.
I cant say i have a developmental disorder or anything, but idefinitely only realized how fucking different/weird i am from everyone else. Its a shitty thing to suddenly become aware of. Being diagnosed with autism at 26 probly feels pretty similar, although im sure amplified greatly. all i can say is fuck it all and keep on truckin. peace and love
The sooner that those who process information in a different way and give so many amazing new insights into this world (in other words, those on the autistic spectrum) are embraced and allowed to make their way through the world in a way they are happy with, the better this world will be. As the mother of a son on the spectrum, those who want to 'cure' autism make me angry. Why not stop, observe and learn about these amazing people - without them, we would lose so much. My son is amazing.
I self-diagnosed at age 37. I am now 39. Watching your video reminded me of an 8th grade teacher that used to endlessly ridicule me in front of the whole class just for amusement. Near the end of the school year he was still doing it, but one day just as this teacher was verbally abusing me one of my classmates just said "I think that's enough, teacher". Surprisingly enough, he stopped. I really appreciate ALL of your videos. Thank You!
A teacher who abuses an autistic child at school and this is something I have experienced, is in my opinion a psychopath that should be locked up in some sort of mental hospital. I was interested in cowboy doctors who misdiagnosed you. this is another thing I have experienced and the horrific way I have been treated as a result including being drugged ect. The doctors are nothing but imbeciles
Abusing a child for any reason, regardless of their genetics, is wrong. There are, however, complicating factors with autistic children that make the abuse even less excusable. Any school in the country of my residence that behaved in the manner I describe to an autistic child today would wind up with a lot of explaining to do to persons who are overseeing such concepts as equity.
well said...i am just so grateful me and my son live in a state and city where services r readily available for children with special needs and he is in a wonderful school....
Yea, I stop going to school also and I got in trouble for it because teachers and parents thought I was a delinquent, so I stayed home and read books and fell into depression. Luckily I can lean on my faith in God to carry me over the ruins of the past. You reap what you sow. God will bring justice on those people. Another good video.
I can totally relate to that. I cannot trust a single person, not even my best friend. I had stupid teachers in high school who thought I was lazy and self indulgent. Huh...
no one in any of the schools bothered offering
me a good explanation of homework. It never
made sense to me to regurgitate all the knowledge I had learned. I thought it was none of the teachers' business. Stuff I learned also made less sense to me when it was
People need to really learn to treat each other better, it's awful what people do to each other.
I know because I constantly get abused by someone or something, unfortuantly I have to accept it and forgive it, and people say why I am so forgiving, because I have no choice.
I love all of humanity but I wish people knew how to treat us better.
I validate your pain. The online mother's group that I facilitate loves to read (they're book junkies). We've been supporting new authors/writers. How can i find out more about your writing?
A message to teachers, and or any adults that EVER do anything to hurt my Autistic son... If he starts talking someday and names you... I will hunt you down like dog, and you will wish at the moment i find you that you had never been born.
*nods* My husband & I have already begun to start snarling at our son's school. Although they've done their utmost best for our child, they're not experienced enough. We're currently armed with the support from the child & adolescent support unit at the local hospital who will be intervening intensively at the start of term 2, planning to deliver a strong blow that our child is not to be punished because the school is failing to do it's job, properly.
You should blame your parents for not standing up to the School Board and getting the teacher thrown out. Today, a lawsuit would be filed before you even made it home and you'd be a rich man.
I work with kids with severe autism and people really do treat kids with autism awefully. People always want you to take my kids out of activities when they need to be there.
Part of the point I often try to emphasise with certain individuals I talk to is the need to be aggressive in such situations. "My children have an actual need to be here because..." would be the way I start my response, for instance. Most parents think their children have needs until someone points out to those that confuse privelege with need that there is a gulf between the two. *nods*
I don't agree with your viewpoints, but I can sympathize with your plight. There is never any excuse for an adult, such as a teacher, who is expected to guide and help mold a child to behave in this manner.
I think you highlight a big problem for many Aspies and that is they don't get the help at an early eough age. However, it is a far different situation for a teacher to abuse a child that they should be helping. If it is not a crime, it is definitely a sin.
Unfortunately, laws do not protect average human beings like you and I. The people whom much of my commentary describes have pretty much placed themselves above the law.
That may be true in Australia, but not the US. There is no way a teacher could get away with it. I'm surprised your parents did not do anything about it.
You are kidding yourself. Abuse of the autistic is practically legal everywhere. Were that not the case, then so-called charities such as CAN would be in court every second day, and school district policies would be getting to fine-toothed comb treatment.
I had a teacher beat me up in second grade for saying that 3-5 = -2. I was picked up and shaken then thrown across the room knocking desks out of the way as I flew. The next year it wasn't just me but all of the kids that were beaten on a daily basis, it was most likely worst for me only because I didn't express the pain, I just held it inside. Just 2 examples of many I ran into in AMERICA Sigma.
I also have Asperger's and people are cruel to those that have autism, mostly it was adults for me like teachers, doctors... I've had a doctor operate on me without anesthetic.. local, not general type..not like doctor giggles but my sock was bloody as it was running down my leg as I walked home...I learned to control pain from it and many other things that happened to me, so I guess there is a bright side.
I beg to differ. I'm not autistic, but I suspect ADD. When I was eleven, I had a frustrated teacher pull me by my hair, slam me against a wall and make me sit in the trash can ALL DAY.
All day, other kids got up to "sharpen their pencil" (next to the trash) and would punch me in the arm.
Later, I was removed from that class and placed elsewhere. The teacher was NOT fired.
My parents talked to all the kids from the class(with their parents permission) and asked them one question: "What happened in the classroom today with___?"
They all (with slight variations) told the same story about what the teacher did.
On Monday, they went to the principal. I was yanked from the class and placed into another one. We were told that Ms. D would be asked for her resignation.
The next year, she was teaching younger kids and I carried a stigma for the rest of my school career.
If I had been in your class, that teacher would have lost the use of her legs and probably all of her teeth, even if it had to be years later. We need to start applying the principle of No Free Lunch to abuse of all kinds, too.
I desire a world where teachers who do that kind of thing live in mortal fear of their "problem" students coming back to find them as adults. One child who was forced to wear a dress and go into the girls' lavatory by a teacher when he was in his first few years of school is now a rather large man, and the family of that teacher practically bend over backwards to ensure he is not as ticked off with them as he would rightly be with her.
In any profession there are good and bad-obviously those so called teachers you encountered were horror shows not only as teachers but as human beings.
You obviously are a very strong man -you've got more strength in your little pinky then those people will ever,ever have.You're an AMAZING man.
I would take this to a solicitor and try to get some other members of your school to speak up. it would really damage his reputation. Plus if he does practice as a teacher still it would put his whole carrier at risk. The reason this is the best way to go is because, if their is a threat of getting prosecuted and if he wants to settle this out of court, you could get a good pay out. specially if its effected you now, taking the piss out of a special needs person is very inhuman. best wishes. :)
LongshanksSid 3 months ago
I was recently diagnosed with MILD Asperger's Syndrome at 25. The strange thing is I'm not all that different from anyone else. I just have difficulty fitting in (and possibly socializing). The thing that pisses me off, however, is when it gets referred to as a "developmental disability". Just because I'm different, doesn't mean I'm disabled. I also hate the fact that it's associated with "special needs" and confused with Mental Retardation or severe Autism.
Sinister1811 9 months ago
@Sinister1811
you're absolutely right. It's not a disorder!!!!! It's a slightly different way of being
EpicWINNER1000 8 months ago
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Sinister1811 9 months ago
My 20 yr old son stills struggles emotionally from the horrific abuse he endured at the hands of his teachers/ principal as a 5-6 yr old boy. He will NEVER forget them or their cruelty (Karen Faucher, Mrs. Carswell, Mrs. Jacobson). We tried so hard to protect him-- it was simply futile. This poor autistic kid was completely defenseless in Shawnee Mission School District. He is scarred for life, but now attends college and is so well loved by so many of his professors and peers. Is there karma?
retabshit 9 months ago 2
@retabshit Considering how the university I tried to attend a couple of years ago treated me, I think your son has been relatively lucky. You could not pay me enough to go back to school now.
aspie182 9 months ago
@aspie182 I don't know if you'd at all be interested in giving college another shot, but Landmark College in Putney Vermont is a FABULOUS school for LD students. Very kind, compassionate... and so very knowledgeable about Asperger's, They have incredible professors. Everyone connected with the college is just so calm cool and laid back... just very well educated and excited to be teaching these very brilliant students. It's a bit pricey 60K yr., but there may be some grants or something for you.
retabshit 7 months ago
@retabshit I am in another country, and there is just no way you could ever get me near a school again.
aspie182 7 months ago
I like This Short Film
mesha1ism 9 months ago
Godzdamn, I'm Aspie, Bi-Polar and never had any abusive teachers! Just loosers that couldn't get real jobs! If British schools are really this bad I can understad why the main character in Pink Floyd's "The Wall" movie got as angry as he did throughout his life. The only crap i had to take from my peers was when the "nice" kids slowly warmed up to me thinking I was too smart, too cool and to me they were nothing but goody goody scum I wished had been aborted! Even if they played football!!!
Leuhta 11 months ago
i beleive the people in your life have thoroughly waisted your time
and hurt you terribly
if i saw that teacher he would be the one with trouble sleeping
i hate when people act as though just because someone is different from them they can treat them any kind of way
sue till they can't even afford the dollar menu at mcdonalds
no one should let that slide
people with mental dissorders are just as smart if not smarter than anyone else
i hope you get what's owed to you "JUSTICE!!!!!!"
Larsa4EVR 11 months ago
God bless you man.
HushOnHellsHorizon 11 months ago
I was punched in the face and given a black eye by a bus driver/teacher at about age 13 and he just had to say he was sorry.
cubey 1 year ago
I can relate to your frustration regarding "teachers". Due to the misallocation of resources and simply blind trust in some cases, I fear that experiences like ours will be had by some of today's young students and continue to go unchecked, unless new psychological standards are set regarding who can be allowed the privilege to guide the minds of tomorrow. And to the truly wise teachers out there, you know who you are, please don't give up or bow in the face of ignorance. Our children need you.
KickinShadows 1 year ago
if he had gone to the catholic schools he would have been treated like that just as a matter of course. All kids were abused every day by the nuns
inkey2 1 year ago
I would be interesting in acquiring some of your writing as I am doing a project on autism for my creative writing project at university.
Would this be possible?
kssband 1 year ago
aww..thats teacher is awful.:(i always believe everyone deserve to be respected and treated likeother normal people no matter who you are.Me myself had fall for a guy who has autism.:Dhe taught me how to appreciate things in life.
farahadikmuk 1 year ago
GOD DAMN, I agree with you. That teacher is horrible. I'm so sorry man
macchef45654 1 year ago
My boyfriend has autism, he himself has had tough times and is still going through them. He is a Caltech student and is very brilliant at what he does as a math major he develops and also was a TA in various laser applications for cancer treatment. You are very strong to have posted this video and keep up the great work. Never let any one say you can't when you can, now that you know a diagnosis you can move ahead but one step at a time. Never stop and keep your head up.
yd2kc 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
You don't look like you have autism! you could hide it easily get a GED and go to collage you are ABLE... never have people say your not able.
SpeedVideoz 1 year ago
@SpeedVideoz Honestly, why do you ignorant normie retards write this kind of crap, anyway? Does it make YOU somehow feel better? Because if you felt what I felt every time I come across this shit, you would beg for it to stop in a matter of seconds.
aspie182 1 year ago
@aspie182 Yeah that was just rude what they wrote
they have NO IDEA what it's like to live with autism
it's not as EASY as you think some people don't neccissarilly have to LOOK autistic to be it
go educate yourself SpeedVideoz
princesskemo 11 months ago
chin up
lardbodger 1 year ago
The lack of compassion and understanding does not end with school. It continues beautifully into the workplace. Thankfully, due to my adherence to rules and structure, I know how to work a union.
Int0l3r4nc3 1 year ago
You make me suspect that the sole purpose of education is to destroy children. That makes sense these days. Everything is used for the opposite of what we thought it was.
landsell 1 year ago
Quick thought Dean: You say it's perplexing how a teacher would be given a position of authority and carte blanche to be abusive. What perplexes me is why anyone would WANT to be so abusive to a precious child.
dcs002 1 year ago
@dcs002 My experience with teachers was sadly similar. I was physically beaten or abused for offenses that got a simple telling-off when other kids did the same thing.
My teachers didn't believe me when I told them how physically dangerous it was for me to enter the boys' room, and my parents (one of them a therapist) didn't believe me when I told them about the teachers.
As a kid I was convinced that the only reason people became teachers was so they could bully kids. I really believed that.
dcs002 1 year ago
Keep up the good work of explaining who you are and how you feel. Responding to cretins with anger only builds on their ignorance. Truly understanding autism and aspergers is a lifetime quest. Thank you for helping us understand.
mariedoerner 1 year ago
I've taken my 10 yr old (very distructive in class) to several specialists who say he has nothing and even my ex (his father) says "see I told you it wasn't... this or that". It's so frustrating, I just want to get to the bottom of it and find the best way to help my child. It also effects my other children. it's so unfair.
ShesThe1yup 1 year ago
I mean his behaviour (and the fact that I don't know the best way to help him) effects my other kids too.
ShesThe1yup 1 year ago
@ShesThe1yup
Runs in the famliy?
ZWXYQV 1 year ago
It breaks my heart you were treated like that at school.
goofysis 1 year ago
I am having a hell of a time trying to get a diagnosis for my child. She presents with what i think is high functioning mild autism. Everyone from school to therapists think the same. thank you for your video it was insightful.
raphmichgab 2 years ago
I was brought into the exact same circumstances . They would even go so far as to leave me in a room by myself for HOURS while the class behind me was full of kids learning and socialing. The vary thing that i needed the most in childhood. They just didn't now what to do with me so at one point they stopped caring. They intentionaly held me behind to keep what funds they could get out of me untill others of my condition started entering my class years later.
ZWXYQV 2 years ago
They did that to my brother too horrible isnt it
ShesThe1yup 1 year ago
@ShesThe1yup
Yes, but that is the past I try not to dwell on much,..I'm interested in knowing whats your brothers story whenever you got the time :)
ZWXYQV 1 year ago
thank you dean. I am homeschooling my very smart,lovely 11 year old grandson. I took him out of shcool because he couldn't write a proper sentence. He is great at math, and learning to write really pretty now.
babsda1 2 years ago
My parents took me out of 'normal' schooling because my teachers would not recognize my learning disabilities. Some of my teachers probably thought I was the stupidest and irresponsible person they taught. One teacher though was the best ever, she helped me through & I actually learned something!
Sue the one teacher that abused you by causing you to cry for their bennifit, really.
Tinkerbird 2 years ago
aww you got me al emotional now bloody good video
fatherxxxmalus 2 years ago
I cant say i have a developmental disorder or anything, but idefinitely only realized how fucking different/weird i am from everyone else. Its a shitty thing to suddenly become aware of. Being diagnosed with autism at 26 probly feels pretty similar, although im sure amplified greatly. all i can say is fuck it all and keep on truckin. peace and love
StapleSauce89 2 years ago 5
Yours is spiritual..
Manofheart777 2 years ago
The sooner that those who process information in a different way and give so many amazing new insights into this world (in other words, those on the autistic spectrum) are embraced and allowed to make their way through the world in a way they are happy with, the better this world will be. As the mother of a son on the spectrum, those who want to 'cure' autism make me angry. Why not stop, observe and learn about these amazing people - without them, we would lose so much. My son is amazing.
myminimegan 2 years ago
I self-diagnosed at age 37. I am now 39. Watching your video reminded me of an 8th grade teacher that used to endlessly ridicule me in front of the whole class just for amusement. Near the end of the school year he was still doing it, but one day just as this teacher was verbally abusing me one of my classmates just said "I think that's enough, teacher". Surprisingly enough, he stopped. I really appreciate ALL of your videos. Thank You!
lolisbribiesca 3 years ago 5
Your story and mine are quite similar. You are couragous to speak out, more than I am I think. Stay strong.
exomorphe 3 years ago
A teacher who abuses an autistic child at school and this is something I have experienced, is in my opinion a psychopath that should be locked up in some sort of mental hospital. I was interested in cowboy doctors who misdiagnosed you. this is another thing I have experienced and the horrific way I have been treated as a result including being drugged ect. The doctors are nothing but imbeciles
philsaspiezone 3 years ago
As opposed to a teacher who abuses a regular child?
eyholmess 3 years ago
Abusing a child for any reason, regardless of their genetics, is wrong. There are, however, complicating factors with autistic children that make the abuse even less excusable. Any school in the country of my residence that behaved in the manner I describe to an autistic child today would wind up with a lot of explaining to do to persons who are overseeing such concepts as equity.
aspie182 3 years ago
well said...i am just so grateful me and my son live in a state and city where services r readily available for children with special needs and he is in a wonderful school....
zodiacgirl3 2 years ago
Yea, I stop going to school also and I got in trouble for it because teachers and parents thought I was a delinquent, so I stayed home and read books and fell into depression. Luckily I can lean on my faith in God to carry me over the ruins of the past. You reap what you sow. God will bring justice on those people. Another good video.
MissStyx 3 years ago
" Carries the expectation of abuse"-even now.
I can totally relate to that. I cannot trust a single person, not even my best friend. I had stupid teachers in high school who thought I was lazy and self indulgent. Huh...
no one in any of the schools bothered offering
me a good explanation of homework. It never
made sense to me to regurgitate all the knowledge I had learned. I thought it was none of the teachers' business. Stuff I learned also made less sense to me when it was
regurgitated.
limeslimey 3 years ago
People need to really learn to treat each other better, it's awful what people do to each other.
I know because I constantly get abused by someone or something, unfortuantly I have to accept it and forgive it, and people say why I am so forgiving, because I have no choice.
I love all of humanity but I wish people knew how to treat us better.
Bozewani 3 years ago
I validate your pain. The online mother's group that I facilitate loves to read (they're book junkies). We've been supporting new authors/writers. How can i find out more about your writing?
akaracquel 3 years ago
I will send you a private message with details regarding how I can be contacted for further discussion of my writing.
aspie182 3 years ago
A message to teachers, and or any adults that EVER do anything to hurt my Autistic son... If he starts talking someday and names you... I will hunt you down like dog, and you will wish at the moment i find you that you had never been born.
xxcjpxx 4 years ago 3
*nods* My husband & I have already begun to start snarling at our son's school. Although they've done their utmost best for our child, they're not experienced enough. We're currently armed with the support from the child & adolescent support unit at the local hospital who will be intervening intensively at the start of term 2, planning to deliver a strong blow that our child is not to be punished because the school is failing to do it's job, properly.
Like, snarls (bareing teeth)...
akaracquel 3 years ago
I am an aspie, too! Peace.
CoolNASCARGuy 4 years ago
You should blame your parents for not standing up to the School Board and getting the teacher thrown out. Today, a lawsuit would be filed before you even made it home and you'd be a rich man.
666sigma 4 years ago
I work with kids with severe autism and people really do treat kids with autism awefully. People always want you to take my kids out of activities when they need to be there.
essmeluke 4 years ago
Part of the point I often try to emphasise with certain individuals I talk to is the need to be aggressive in such situations. "My children have an actual need to be here because..." would be the way I start my response, for instance. Most parents think their children have needs until someone points out to those that confuse privelege with need that there is a gulf between the two. *nods*
aspie182 4 years ago
No offense, but I really don't want to argue with you.
666sigma 4 years ago
I don't agree with your viewpoints, but I can sympathize with your plight. There is never any excuse for an adult, such as a teacher, who is expected to guide and help mold a child to behave in this manner.
I think you highlight a big problem for many Aspies and that is they don't get the help at an early eough age. However, it is a far different situation for a teacher to abuse a child that they should be helping. If it is not a crime, it is definitely a sin.
666sigma 4 years ago
Unfortunately, laws do not protect average human beings like you and I. The people whom much of my commentary describes have pretty much placed themselves above the law.
aspie182 4 years ago
That may be true in Australia, but not the US. There is no way a teacher could get away with it. I'm surprised your parents did not do anything about it.
666sigma 4 years ago
You are kidding yourself. Abuse of the autistic is practically legal everywhere. Were that not the case, then so-called charities such as CAN would be in court every second day, and school district policies would be getting to fine-toothed comb treatment.
aspie182 4 years ago
I had a teacher beat me up in second grade for saying that 3-5 = -2. I was picked up and shaken then thrown across the room knocking desks out of the way as I flew. The next year it wasn't just me but all of the kids that were beaten on a daily basis, it was most likely worst for me only because I didn't express the pain, I just held it inside. Just 2 examples of many I ran into in AMERICA Sigma.
abram730 4 years ago
I also have Asperger's and people are cruel to those that have autism, mostly it was adults for me like teachers, doctors... I've had a doctor operate on me without anesthetic.. local, not general type..not like doctor giggles but my sock was bloody as it was running down my leg as I walked home...I learned to control pain from it and many other things that happened to me, so I guess there is a bright side.
abram730 4 years ago
I beg to differ. I'm not autistic, but I suspect ADD. When I was eleven, I had a frustrated teacher pull me by my hair, slam me against a wall and make me sit in the trash can ALL DAY.
All day, other kids got up to "sharpen their pencil" (next to the trash) and would punch me in the arm.
Later, I was removed from that class and placed elsewhere. The teacher was NOT fired.
I went to New York Public Schools.
navkat 4 years ago
And your parents did what?
666sigma 4 years ago
My parents talked to all the kids from the class(with their parents permission) and asked them one question: "What happened in the classroom today with___?"
They all (with slight variations) told the same story about what the teacher did.
On Monday, they went to the principal. I was yanked from the class and placed into another one. We were told that Ms. D would be asked for her resignation.
The next year, she was teaching younger kids and I carried a stigma for the rest of my school career.
navkat 4 years ago
If I had been in your class, that teacher would have lost the use of her legs and probably all of her teeth, even if it had to be years later. We need to start applying the principle of No Free Lunch to abuse of all kinds, too.
aspie182 4 years ago
I desire a world where teachers who do that kind of thing live in mortal fear of their "problem" students coming back to find them as adults. One child who was forced to wear a dress and go into the girls' lavatory by a teacher when he was in his first few years of school is now a rather large man, and the family of that teacher practically bend over backwards to ensure he is not as ticked off with them as he would rightly be with her.
aspie182 4 years ago
Thankyou for letting your feelings be known here.
In any profession there are good and bad-obviously those so called teachers you encountered were horror shows not only as teachers but as human beings.
You obviously are a very strong man -you've got more strength in your little pinky then those people will ever,ever have.You're an AMAZING man.
Creativ1 4 years ago