Comments on: Car Stories and an Arrest

By: Karen B. Evans

Karen B. Evans — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:00:47 +0000

My 28 yr old son who has Asperger’s survived 14 months of prison but it wasn’t easy for him. We are now waiting to see if he goes back because in the judge’s infinite wisdom sentenced him to 3.120 hours of community service, which he had problems with. Is anyone surprised… “they misinterpret social interactions”, have marked deficiencies in social and communication skills”. With the proper support I truly believe Michael can be an asset but he needs help learning how to deal in this confusing world ( he wasn’t diagnosed until he was 17 which means he has a lot of catching up to do.) kbe50@yahoo.com

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:17:07 +0000

@Ed, wow—sounds like your son has his eyes open in upexpected ways.

@FXSmom and Regan,
Bauer has written a number of articles about her son recently, all indicating her anxiety and worries about how to help him as he’s grown older and had (it sounds like?) perhaps more difficulties than he did while younger. (Here is one on Andrew’s struggles to find work.) Somehow I wasn’t entirely surprised to read this latest story given her harrowing accounts of the other things that Andrew and she herself has been through—-and I’d really like to know about how he managed in jail, if she might be writing about that?

By: Regan

Regan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:12:56 +0000

To get the quotation exactly correct,
“I think” — he paused for a long time — “I’m just a thief.”

By: Regan

Regan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:11:16 +0000

I have read this over and over and still don’t know what I think, because this was not my first-hand experience.
The narrative is Ms. Bauer’s as Andrew’s parent.
I wonder what is Andrew’s?
It’s that statement, “I guess I’m just a thief” that seems so loaded.

Is there a follow-up on this story? A second part? Depending on the judgement, sentence and what happens afterwards–in my experience, going to jail or having a conviction record may be a hopeful light…or not.

By: FXSmom

FXSmom — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:25:47 +0000

Now THAT is tough love…wowsies

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:44:13 +0000

When my son was five, my wife and I had just given him a bath and dried him off. When finished, we hung the towell on the rack and were preparing to take him to his room where we would get him dressed.
We heard him say, “Mom, I want bean.”
It was incongruous. My wife and I looked at each other trying to puzzle out what he meant. Frustrated, David repeated, “I want bean!”
Finally, I noticed that the towel was an LL Bean towel. In the dry air, David was feeling cold and wanted something to wrap himself with. Sometimes David would say things in ways that were baffling to us.
I wonder if this is something similar.