To have called the police? Am RAGING.

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I was on the way back from the park when I saw three men outside the park gates having what I thought to be a fight.

As we got closer, it became apparent that they were not three men at all, they were two men and a boy of about 14. The boy almost definitely had autism.

These two grown men were hitting this boy, who was clearly becoming very distressed and was lashing out at them. They hit him again an shouted at him; at this point, I started to walk over. They PUSHED him across the road and walked off down the road still hitting the boy. At one point, one of the men got his face right in the boy's face and gestured as if to say 'come on then', whilst the other one hit him over the head with a rolled up newspaper. The boy just walked along with them.

Had I not had DD and the baby with me, I would have followed them, but they were walking fast and I couldn't catch them. So I called the police.

WIBU?

You did the right thing love.

That's so upsetting to hear. Can't bear the thought of him being treated like that. I really hope you see them again and can report it and get it followed up. So glad there's people like you around that don't turn a blind eye.

try and remember these adults may not be carers they may be neighbours or anyone even an abusive parent. or one could be but the other not there are so many reasons he could have been following them.

my simmerler aged autistic dc goes nowhere with out me unless in school he has a handfull of times slipped out whilst i was on the loo on each occasion he was confused and followed people. one time when he was about 8 he saw some older teenagers beating up a younger girl yelled at them they threw a rock at his head luckily at the time we had rounded up about 20 people to find him whilst the police were on the way and we found him covered in blood whilst he was attempting to follow them (he wanted to know where they went so he could tell the police because the girl was loudly crying)

Can you write down everything you remember whilst its clear in your mind? What they looked like, where you were, maybe they live close by. And ring ssd? In my area we would have a reasonable clue of who they could be if they were in the ssd system. And op, you have done well, just take it this one tiny step further to reassure yourself you have done all that you can. Please.

This is awful it made me go cold! Definitely try social services, if they can't help from description they will be able to give you numbers of care companies that they use- then could maybe call these to see if anyone is on their books similar?

Noqontrol, lauren; I have already rung SS- there was nothing they could do.

how about the day team not edt? just to pass info rather than for action.
if hes in the system it could help

tether what time did you ring them? because after a certain time, depending on the area, you get through to the duty team, who dont do much. The daytime team will do more.

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Good idea- will call the day team tomorrow. Thanks.

Good, write your thoughts down now . Thank you!!

is there a camping and caravan park nearby...if they are possibly on holiday they could be staying nearby...B&B, Hotel etc....maybe they will return to the park??? if it's nearby where they are staying....I don't know why CP couldn't be more helpful when you are reporting an obviously vulnerable child....I might be tempted to phone again and you may find a different officer is more willing to assist, etc

You did the right thing and unfortunately the police can't do anything. I witnessed some young language exchange students being racially abused at a bus station once (wasn't the only witness. Dh was with me and another car stopped and was on the phone to police). Ironically plain clothes officers were literally 100 m away in a nearby park but because we weren't the victims the 999 call centre people didn't do anything! I was so upset I tended up flagging down a passing police car to tell him what had happened. The nearby police station (main one) wasn't open and the policeman who was walking into the building basically said to us 'I don't want to hear...'(before I even opened my mouth!!).

After a complaint and a feature in the local newspaper the police complaints people got in touch and apologized for their lack of action. Turns out that the abusers were known in the area (we gave them description of vehicle, registration number etc).

reading this thread has significantly raised my opinun regarding people. op thank you for taking the steps you have done to try and help this child,if more people did these things then this type of abuse would not go unchallenged as much i know its un mumsnetty but xxx

I used to work as a nanny for a child with severe autism. He is now 14 and at a boarding school for sn,his mother is away atm with the 2 youngest children (family holiday is not possible with sn boy) I am so worried the boy you are describing is him!!

have you considered contacting the local paper?