11-Year-Old Boy With Autism Kept Inside Dog Cage at Anaheim Home: Police

[KamaAina]

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/11-Year-Old-Autistic-Boy-Kept-Inside-Dog-Cage-at-Anaheim-Home-265513611.html

The parents of an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with autism were arrested Tuesday night after Anaheim Police discovered that the boy may have been living in a cage inside their home.

Officers arrived at the home on the 1300 block of South Garrett Street around 6:15 p.m. after receiving a tip and found a large kennel-style cage with a mattress inside....

Family members of the boy told police that he can’t communicate and that as he got older, his violent outbursts became difficult to control. The cage was a means to control the boy’s outbursts....

Upon initial investigation, there are conflicting reports that indicate the boy had been kept in the cage a couple years, months or even hours. The family is of Vietnamese descent and because of language barriers, additional translators will be needed as the investigation continues.

When will these people learn that they're supposed to put us in cat carriers?

[Ilsa]

1. medication and Applied Behavior Analysis training

Will usually take care of the violent outbursts. Why wasn't the pediatrician, school, etc involved sooner?

[KamaAina]

2. Your guess is as good as mine

[Aristus]

3. The parents should appeal the charges on grounds that humane treatment of a child with autism

violates their religious freedom.

That tactic seems to work, after all...