Yes, unfortunately I think she was left in a position where the only way she could get any sort of help was to leave her son behind for the authorities to cope with for a change. She was protecting herself and the rest of her family.
Are there not group homes in that country?
Maybe they have really long waiting lists and the mum can't afford it.
There should definitely be set ways to handle such situations which are reasonable for every part of them.
The mother was obviously set in a difficult position who she did not know how to handle by herself, if ever possible.
It's disgusting that he would be sexually assaulting anyone, let alone his relatives. He probably should be...well I don't want to say it.
He probably doesn't understand that his behaviour is inappropriate and he is probably too large and physically strong for his mother to restrain. I also wonder where his dad is in all this.
Never got a clear message not to do it?
It seems like alot of autistics get aggressive, and I don't really know what's the common explanation. I heard it was bullying at school somewhere, or it might be meltdown because of something?
It really doesn't fucking matter if someone understands sexual assault or not; there is absolutely no excuse for it.
I'd also like to know where was the boy's dad in all of this?
Probably by 15, the boy was bigger and physically stronger than his mum. Police don't like getting involved in "domestics" and mental health resources are usually very stretched so it's unlikely any institution would have taken him. She wouldn't have wanted him to get caught up in the criminal (justice?) system and he almost definitely would have been abused in a juvenile detention centre and introduced to more criminal behaviours.
So what could this woman do? She couldn't keep letting him attack her and his siblings. Nobody was listening so all that was left to her was to leave her boy in somebody's office. I'm sure she was just as upset as anybody else but desperate situations sometimes require desperate remedies.
Warning, incoming rant.I'm in the US, but appearently thing are no better in other other countries.Here in the US, there's a problem with the system that harms autisic people, people with any kind of disability, elderly people, terminally ill people, and the people around them. The system works on the assumption that the family can take care of their relative forever, with no help, no matter what, and has no alternatives when it's not possible for the family to continue.Unfortunatly,this means that there really are times when it's assumed the spouse of an elderly person with Alzheimer's will provide care for ten years when the spouse has heart disease and will not live more than five years,the parents of a disabled child will do all that's necessary even if one of the parents becomes ill or dies or the childs condition changes and much more care is required than before.I know institutions seem to be more part of the problem than the solution,and i don't know if they can be reformed to give a humane alternative when the family truly can't do what's necessary.But what's being done now is not working,and people who need care and their families are suffering because it's not working.
I agree with Zakkie and Ando. Now I find it strange that if she had killed this kid out of the same desperation and lack of support this thread would have taken a much more negative level of support for the Mum.
Just my two cents.
Maybe it's just me but..
maybe the kid was just an evil bastard?
Ian you are dead right. Maybe he was. We don't really know the full story and it is important not to jump to conclusions based on assumptions.