Locked mental facility. End of story.

Who's the officer in the video? just curious.

I should be offended by Thomas’ way over the top portrayal, but his hammy acting was quite entertaining.

What kind of shitty parent calls the police on their autistic son.

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They repeat them self the whole story. They are repetitive alike "oligophrenia".They are not able to use a diverse vocabulary and they keep repeating the same words. Is awEfull to talk with them.

This video is disrespectful and sad. Why would a mother call a police for this. And not everyone on the spectrum is like Thomas.

I can’t be the only one who cackled with laughter at 2:17 when he said, “I’m a-punch wall, and I’m-a punch yooou!” I was howling at that and replayed it many times.

I notice police “baby talking” in all these videos. It is annoying.

I notice police “baby talking” in all these videos. It is annoying.

I notice police “baby talking” in all these videos. It is annoying.

I don’t have a support person. I live on my own.

Mental Age Theory and presuming ignorance leaves a person vulnerable, due to the person being denied sexual education, health education, and age appropriate healthy social interaction.

The stuff about victims is true for neurotypical women too. #MeToo #ActuallyAutistic

I would be angry too, if people kept treating me like I was stupid! #actuallyautistic

I only make stupid choices when I get mad or get too ADHDish.

The problem with these videos is that the idea of how we think is created by neurotypical “experts”. Ask a person with DD. We are the real experts!

I can read, write, tell time, etc. A person who can not has not been educated in a neuroaffirming way!

I have incredible insight, and think far ahead!

Please presume we DO understand! I don’t have cognitive problems! Autism and Alzheimers just both start with A!

I read and read at age two!

I talk your ear off, and my conversation is “normal”.

I wander off, due to AuDHD. Sometimes something is just too interesting to pass up.

I live on my own, and am high masking. I don’t fit any of this, except the stimming.

Stimming does not mean I don’t understand. And trouble understanding? No, I just process senses differently, and I DO have empathy!

I look like anyone else, and am autistic. And I DO understand everything, and can make decisions just fine! Stop infantilizing us!

I understand fully and look like anyone else, and autistic.

Explain the law and show the Criminal Code when the person is calm, ideally before a situation.

I fully understand long term consequences. I know breaking stuff is illegal. But please don’t try to give anyone a law course when they are upset!

I need to move my body sometimes when upset. Let me run around and rock, flap, etc.

I prefer a non police response.

I understand everything. I am autistic and am tired of mental age theory. I look “normal”, yet process sound and other senses differently and may not appear to understand. But I do understand, often too well!

Why aren’t people with disabilities interviewed as the experts?

Why wasn’t Augmented and Alternative Communication brought up?

I wish the tips were given by neurodivergent persons instead of “professionals”. Good video otherwise.

Auditory Processing Difficulties are not a lack of comprehension. It is a hearing issue. I have auditory processing difficulties yet I understand everything when you explain it to me clearly.

Please also give options for alternative methods of communication.

The person gives the impression that they understand, because they DO understand! Please treat persons with a developmental disability as their chronological age. Explain things in a neuroaffirming way, because they have a neurodivergent understanding, which is still understanding.

Or the person may give you the idea that they “DON’T understand, but they in fact DO understand!

Is he a retard ?

before going, ask him if the lamp needed help to shut off and clean. Then, make him aware that it is much more dangerous now there for needs cleaning as well.

Police - Who do you live with Gareth - Group home Police No, what do you do during the day. Because you're in Kingston now, you're not in Napanee.

Thomas says fuck off to the Police staff.

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If more care were taken for situations like this, there would be less people would be shot by police with autism for not following a command, etc. And like the other commenter said, it won't usually be so obvious.

It's so nice to see a depiction of officers that are understanding and empathetic, especially to those with developmental disabilities. Thank you to all officers who act calmly and with humanity. You are a beacon of hope in the sea of typical bad policing practices.

Sorry if this has a different name I’m using my moms phone, but why call the cops clearly he is having a hard time and is having difficulty processing and when that happens the situation can escalate for a moment and if you know what to do witch the mom clearly dosen’t then it could de escalate the situation. I’m a 17 year old with autism and iv’e been out in these situation’s before and it’s hard for me to do things, like go to my room to calm down. It will take me a few minutes to processes then I would usually do it but I have punched a whole in a wall not because I wanted to because I would never want to do that it’s just that I’m having a hard time and I would threaten people not because I want to just because in the moment I’m angry, frustrated, upset or something to do with my anxiety. Like for an example I can’t deal with any noise that’s high pitch usually dog toys, babies or what noises girls make when there excited. It would sometimes send me into a meltdown but usually I would cover my ears and cry because it sends me into an anxiety attack and in those moments I don’t know what to do but my mom is usually there so she can usually help me in those situations. But in this situation she is obviously confused and didn’t know what to do so she called the cops because she didn’t know what to do and the cops would know what to do but in reality a lot of cops don’t know what autism is so they would just think your trying to hurt someone witch I would never fo now and would put them in handcuffs witch would escalate the situation even more. Not trying to say cops are dumb they just need to learn what to do with people who have DD

I would like if police could also use this for normal people; we need empathy too!

This was god

The lady did look ugglu and whery maskulin. I learnt to remember. I way to kil pain. keep in mind that mental illness is often about being different. If everyone was like me, I would be normal. Society does not dare to see this fact. Ruefully. That people have too much EMPATHY