tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post239662488250219108..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Horrific Abuse of California Man With Severe AutismAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-84613212787738721302013-03-22T14:46:24.751-03:002013-03-22T14:46:24.751-03:00The self-diagnosed will freak at this suggestion -...The self-diagnosed will freak at this suggestion - even though they are verbal and more than capable of expressing themselves. Thisnk about the elopment nonsense...<br /><br />I recently gave cameras a lot of thought because my son's therapist recommended them as part of a behaviour modification plan. I ultimately said no - on the other hand, my guy was placed in a residential school in Pennsylvania, far from me, and presented all manner of injuries every weekend - which no one could explain (including him). Cameras would have been welcome. In the first instance, I see my guy several times a week - we go swimming, so I can do a "body check" for injury when we're changing. In the second case --- multiple investigations by PA deemed complaints unwarranted. <br /><br />One thing that MUST be considered: who will review the tapes, or watch the cameras? If guardian/advocates aren't aware of abuse, they may not be involved enough to want to look at tapes... the State will plead poverty to avoid assigning anyone to the task, and the Agency/Insitutions themselves cannot be relied on to self-report. <br /><br />BTW- the PA school is the same on where two guys died in the space of year. It is also THE economic engine in the area, and, like the infamous JRC, a good number of the "students" are from NYC. Distance from, and lack of, natural, associational supports and advocacy support this abuse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com