Louis Theroux... Anyone watching? Extreme Love - Autism

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Think it may go one of two ways... watching with interest... anyone else?

Yes, Lottie, that is a problem!

brutal is all I can say about the unnessary physical interventions so far

I have had to restrain before completely, when they are going great guns for you, you have no choice, but he had hit and then left.

That's the problem with these things - you don't know the context or what has happened. It's hard to know what to make of this.

Festi............Do you have any experience??? We have had to restrain Wilf like that before when he got angry!!! Please dont judge people!!

Nick makes such great conversation..love him

She's a brave lady going to hairdressers!!

Leonie, do you know what it was called? I haven't seen it but would like to. I worked in a school where every child was medicated. Very interesting.

I have 15+ years experience working with adults who have autism and a life time of sibling experience. I am not judging "people", I am judging what I have just watching on this programme as being unnessary and brutal.

louis's telegraph article about this doc

I apologise Festi! I have to manage on my own and it is very hard!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Medicated_Kids

Grockle Medicated Kids

I know its hard lottie I dont dispute that one little bit.

Sorry, cross posted.

It does seem to be focussing a lot on violent and extreme behaviour. My concern is that people who don't know a lot about Autism will get the impression from watching this that all children who have Austism are potentially violent and that simply isn't the case.

enough with the dominos already!!!