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[–] xqvn2 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

My parents knew a couple who tied their autistic kid to a bed to keep him from "misbehaving". They avoided them after they found out.

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[–] libby 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

That's probably illegal actually.

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[–] hyperoperation ago 

The parent's definitely didn't handle this the best way, but I try to reserve judgement on parents until I hear both sides of the story. A lot of parents of children with severe autism are in way over their heads. I've worked with guys who literally hit themselves in the head until they went blind, bit chunks of flesh out of someone else or broke someone's hands. I remember one guy who had to have 2 state troopers bring him back to the facility everytime he went home because he'd beat up his parents so badly. These are very very extreme cases, but just saying sometimes parents don't want to send there kid away but are utterly unequipped to handle them.

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[–] Lillah ago 

Suspect that is the case here too. We bought a house and realized there was a lock on the outside of one of the child bedrooms. When asking the neighbors if they had a son or second child, nope. Only one child anyone knew of.

Still no idea what they would be trying to keep in the bedroom.

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[–] voat-ist ago 

what kind of lock? We put key locks on many doors to keep our incredibly impulsive son out of the pantry, shed, spare bathroom and the like. Not ideal but if not these places get destroyed.