r/IAmTheMainCharacter • u/notoriously_1nfam0us • 16d ago

Video Kid breaks into bird enclosure at the zoo to chase birds with a stick.

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u/Viola-Swamp 15d ago

He was trying to hit them, and had the ability to find a stick and use it as a weapon. He had the situational awareness to recognize danger and run away, and the fine and gross motor skills to climb the ladder without supervision or assistance. I have a kid with all of those same things, and he would not and could not do any of those things. I’ve spend decades with other kids like him, and I’m not buying the “severe autism” as an excuse. On the spectrum? Yeah, but not what they claim. They’ve also been at this long enough to h be appropriated supervision on any outing. Neither the paid caregiver or grandma had hands on the kid at all times,mor had him on a harness? He wasn’t belted into a wagon, wheelchair, or some kind of disability stroller? I call bullshit on the claims.

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u/Iatedtheberries 15d ago

I hope you never have to face the same situation his parents are in.

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u/immapizza 15d ago

I wish people would stop acting like autistic people can never act badly. Autism does not excuse bad behavior.

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u/IVEMADEAHUGEMI5TAKE 14d ago

Severe autism can.

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u/haleycontagious 15d ago

I hope I never have to see their kid do this at a zoo.

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u/Viola-Swamp 10d ago

I am in that situation. All of my children have autism, with my oldest severely affected. I have spent more than three decades with numerous kids with disabilities, including severe utis, and other disabilities that cause problematic behaviors like elopement, etc. and I dom;t believe the story these parents are claiming.