• @bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
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    232 days ago

    My autistic son would happily play in the park. Just once every few months he would decide that “now is the time to run” and just take off as fast as he could in a straight line. How would that play out in a busy street.

    People can’t imagine that: so much of the time things are calm, straightforward to handle, but if EVER you let your guard down for a second at the wrong time, you’ll end up on the news as a “tragic story of grieving negligent parent.”

    • @Obscura@lemmy.world
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      21 day ago

      Yup, sounds exactly like my kiddo too. And they are FAST.

      It really feels like damned if you do, and damned if you don’t and something happens to them.