Yet another case of a person with Autism getting attacked.

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http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/02/autistic- ... w-4854380/

There seems to be an incident like this every few weeks in the U.K. I bet the offenders will get a slap on the wrist too.

That's incredibly sad and shocking. That poor boy's life is changed forever -- there isn't enough punishment for the bastards who caused this.

It is appalling that for so long and even now violence and abuse against autistic people is so common. In the news you hear the worst cases, but the regular type of physical and psychological abuse happens so often that people have started seeing it as a normal thing to do. Bullies have complete free reign to abuse and make the life of an autistic person hell, with no legal repercussions or any form of punishment. No compensation for years of suffering or the costs of visiting a psychiatrist and intensive therapy, nothing.

Then there are even people that see bullying as 'part of growing up' or 'just kids being kids'. Or even worse people that think bullying makes you stronger, which are mostly people who have bullied others themselves in the past and are trying to justify it rather than face themselves. Not only autistic people but anyone who has been bullied for years is being driven to desperation and suicidal thoughts, and there are people who are willing to justify that. The general public seems to hold only very little sympathy for people who were bullied, while the effects are really severe. I do not think people who haven't been bullied ( or at least know someone who was bullied ) understand the severity of being humiliated and abused day by day for years. It inflicts permanent psychological damage not much different from any other form of abuse.

It's not clear if he was being bullied due to the autism or if the bullies even knew of his status. Of course either way they are clearly scum bags, it's a shocking story.

I've always looked out for bullying issues, particularly relating to Autism in the UK. Mainly as I felt it was an area my son would vulnerable to entering secondary school. I'd agree that you do see too many bullying stories but I've never felt that there was a particular issue with victims with Autism being targeted. I may well be wrong though.

My son did himself get a little bit of bullying, mostly by being excluded as his stronger traits were making him unliked (his words). At that time he did not want anyone to know his status but we got him to agree to his year group getting a general talk on Autism Awareness. I then persuaded him to then let us tell his small group of three or four friends that he has Aspergers and explain how it affected him. We did this straight after the awareness talk.

It really helped his friends and funny enough he had told them, he'd fogotten. What they didn't know was what it meant. Most interestingly after the talk the penny dropped with a few of his classmates and they recognised it in him and started giving him a bit of a break. From then on in its gotten better and better and he now doesn't care who knows. In fact he is now proud of it.

This is why I'm so passionate about promoting understanding as I really beleive it stops so many potential problems before they start. Still, I hope they throw the book at these jerks.

After I fought back against someone who was bullying me the entire school was told about my autistic status. I either got shunned or patronised as a response.

You can explain what autism is until you are blue in the face, but neurotypicals will always find a way to rationalise their abuse.

Same here, usually my mistrust turns out to be correct.

It's a dangerous world out there. You can't trust no one.