Entries from LAist tagged with 'autistic'
September 18, 2007
Taylor Karras was reported missing by his mother yesterday, after running away from a Westminster social services facility where he was receiving therapy for autism. Around 9:30 p.m., the 15-year-old boy was found just a block from his North Tustin home. Orange County Sheriff's deputies spotted Karras pushing a shopping cart in the street, chased him on foot, Tasered him once, and handcuffed him. Only when a passing neighbor recognized Karras did the authorities......
Continue Reading "OC Deputies Taser, Cuff 15-Year-Old Autistic Boy"February 24, 2007
Yesterday we were reading Digg and we saw a post by a gentleman who has an autistic son who was trying to order off the menu when the waitress blew a fuse and shook and mocked the young boy. The father said that he had written a letter to the local paper, but since we didn't see it posted on line, we contacted him and told him that we would post the letter: To......
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