Has there been any discussion of Marcus Fiesel here? Most reports say he was autistic, altho some say he had fetal alcohol syndrome or ADHD instead. Lots of questions come to mind: why did his killing get so much less coverage than Jon Benet Ramsey (some bloggers think it was because he was male and dirt-poor). Are the people who now insist he was not autistic trying to take a PR icon away from autistic activists? How come the authorities are carefully protecting his foster parents with an around the clock watch but were unable to provide any protection to Marcus? And would the autistic bloggers who care so much about his case now, still care so much if he had some disability oher than autism? In any event his death may be the most appalling case ever of restraint used against diasabled children.
Can you tell us who he was?
Sorry, the story has gotten a bit of press here in the US. Marcus Fiesel was a three year old boy with developmental challenges in Ohio. His foster parents allegedly bound his hands behind him, wrapped him in a blanket, secured it with packing tape, shoved him in a closet and went away to a family reunion for two days. When they came back he was dead and they allegedly covered up his death by pretending he had disappeared. If you go to news.google.com and search on his name you can find more details although the details are not pleasant to contemplate.
Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil for Marcus earlier in the week. And a few weeks ago, hundreds in Georgia attended a candlelight vigil for an autie who wandered away from home and drowned in a pond. When an autistic child has died horribly, the NT community finds it easy to see his beauty and potential and right to life. But when an autistic child is alive having a meltdown in the mall or trouble submitting to authority at school, not so much.