Autistic man survives 3 week ordeal in Utah desert

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My god the comments on the CNN article are just disgusting.

Some of those comments show a lot of ignorance, such as people saying "if he can use a phone he can get a job".

What made them think that from the article? Because he called his father? I can call my mother but that doesn't mean I don't have a lot of problems calling people I don't know and avoid it as much as possible.

Maybe you should focus more on criticizing the guy for marching into a desert without food or water.



Being on the internet is socialization. And you'll hear a lot more things that you don't like on the internet than in real life.

We could also yell at the father for not saying, "Wait wait wait...you got robbed?" and planning where to go from there.

We could also yell at the sister for waiting a month to call for help.

Also, the article seems to have been revised. It doesn't really bother me anymore. [The sentence about autistic people being drawn to water...um...what?]

Sure, as long as you're not praising people for making horrible decisions.

I wouldn't advise anyone go out like that, but most people would have been dead within a week. That he survived a month like that is astounding, especially considering he had no gear, was out of his element, and really didn't have anywhere to go [since his dad didn't jump at the opportunity to help. I find that worrisome].

But saying, "Thank you cop for finding this guy" is a little awkward when his reasoning is that autistic people are drawn to water [what?] rather than the guy saying he would hike the river.

Yes, good job cop, for checking where the guy said he was going.

It's amazing that he was able to survive, and I think that he would also be another great person for me to look up to.