JAMAICA, N.Y. -- A father takes his autistic son on a shopping trip to a mall.
While there, the child wants to go into a toy store, but the father
is in a hurry, so he refuses. The child, knowing no other way to
express his frustration, throws himself to the ground and begins
screaming “Somebody help me. Help me please.”
Shortly thereafter, with other shoppers looking on, three mall
security officer appeared on the scene to try and figure out what
was going on. Before he knew it, the dad found himself in handcuffs
and sitting in the back of a police car. After about 45 minutes of
explaining and the cops getting nowhere by asking the boy what his
father had done to hurt him, he is released.
That actually happened to Andrew Baumann, CEO of New YorkFamilies for Autistic Children, and his son, Anthony, who was
diagnosed with autism at three and a half years of age. Baumann
shared the story during a presentation he gave about the disability
at York College on Monday, hosted by City Councilman Leroy Comrie
(D-St. Albans).
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