Second Grader Maced By Police.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/aidan-elliot-pepper-sprayed-colorado-elementary-classroom-police/story?id=13307371 This is actually at least one case in which I will publicly support actions taken by police. The police, as well as the teacher, were being threatened by a boy who was holding a makeshift weapon. I think that had the officer tried to engage him in hand to hand combat, there would have been a chance of injury, for both the boy, and especially the police. In any violent confrontation, you want to try to end it as swiftly, and safely as possible. So I feel that with the means the police had, they did the right thing. I am also disturbed to hear that the boy is said to have autism. Obviously, if he actually is autistic, he must be high functioning, as he not only threatened to kill both the policeman, and his teacher, but swore at them as well. Personally, as I believe that I myself have Asperger Syndrome, which is listed on the Autistic spectrum of the DSM-IV, I feel that this incident might give people like me a bad reputation. I feel that having a neuro-psychiatric condition is no excuse for delinquent behavior. Even neuro-diverse persons should be expected to take responsibility for there actions. And if they can not, then they should be institutionalised. The security of the public, especially children, should take priority over the opportunity of any indivisual to be accommodated in the public school system. And also I feel that having so called behavioral disabilities covered by the Indivisuals with Disabilities Education Act was an oversight by Congress. One which was probally unintended. I think that the only real disorder, in regards to behavior, that certain students with A.D.H.D. , R.A.D. , and/or O.D.D. have is Bad Attitude Disorder, or B.A.D. The proper treatment for this condition is firm disipline. Something which seems to have been lacking in the life of Aiden Elliot. He shouldn't be allowed to give a bad name to other autists, most of whom are respectable, and responsible, citizens. Really we're not all that scary once you get to know us. :)