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So sad. This is why some parents do not call for help. Once they do it’s no longer their choice. You may get a sympathetic officer who listens to the parent or you may not. I have had to call because I could no longer keep my child from hurting themselves and others. I was lucky, it went well and the officers were beyond helpful.
- I have a grandson on the spectrum. He is only 3 right now, but I think he is going to be a big guy. It breaks my heart to think of the lack of options his parents will have if he has a meltdown that they cannot handle.
- I wouldn’t understand it either if I didn’t have a child who also experiences meltdowns. We need more education and training for our society as a whole. Every child is different and what works for one may not work for the other. But physical force and aggression does not work!
- I read this and thought of you and Amos. Scrolled back up to see who posted this. Should’ve known and this is sad. I know you’re worried for Amos someday. Hopefully, this will never happen to your family.
As you have seen in your own journey with Amos, the waivers and mental health programs need funding.
In a crisis situation with cognitive disabilities, there should be crisis intervention teams in every city and county staffed with people who understand the challenges of the person in crisis. Police are trained much differently in de-escalating.
There’s a great show on Netflix called Atypical. One if the episodes addresses the need for specific training for law enforcement regarding those on the spectrum. I do not have a child on the spectrum, so this never really occured to me until I saw the show. Thinking about you and all the other mama’s worrying about this.
I retired from a school system. I saw teachers sit in the floor holding from behind a student that had lost his control. Minimal training but she knew her goal was to keep him from harming others ( why she was sitting in the floor with him in a bear hug) and him from harming himself(bear hug).
