Comments on: Very Unsportsmanlike Behavior: Coach Accused of Trying to Hurt Autistic Boy Goes to Court http://www.blisstree.com/articles/very-unsportsmanlike-behavior-coach-accused-of-trying-to-hurt-autistic-boy-goes-to-court/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:49:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Autism Vox » Youth baseball coach gets prison sentence http://www.blisstree.com/articles/very-unsportsmanlike-behavior-coach-accused-of-trying-to-hurt-autistic-boy-goes-to-court/comment-page-1/#comment-528720 Autism Vox » Youth baseball coach gets prison sentence Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:54:38 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/very-unsportsmanlike-behavior-coach-accused-of-trying-to-hurt-autistic-boy-goes-to-court/#comment-528720 [...] Mark R. Downs, Jr., of Dunbar (PA) was sentenced today to one to six years in prison. Downs is the youth baseball coach who offered to pay one of his players $25.00 to hit another player, then-9-years-old Harry Bowers, who is autistic, with a ball while warming up before a June 2005 game. He was sentenced to consecutive six-to-36-month sentences for “corruption of minors and criminal solicitation to commit simple assault,” as reported in today’s FoxNews.com. [...] [...] Mark R. Downs, Jr., of Dunbar (PA) was sentenced today to one to six years in prison. Downs is the youth baseball coach who offered to pay one of his players $25.00 to hit another player, then-9-years-old Harry Bowers, who is autistic, with a ball while warming up before a June 2005 game. He was sentenced to consecutive six-to-36-month sentences for “corruption of minors and criminal solicitation to commit simple assault,” as reported in today’s FoxNews.com. [...]

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/very-unsportsmanlike-behavior-coach-accused-of-trying-to-hurt-autistic-boy-goes-to-court/comment-page-1/#comment-527275 Kristina Chew, PhD Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:59:25 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/very-unsportsmanlike-behavior-coach-accused-of-trying-to-hurt-autistic-boy-goes-to-court/#comment-527275 Thanks and thanks for the site! Always glad to hear from you and will write back after reading it.... Thanks and thanks for the site!

Always glad to hear from you and will write back after reading it….

]]> By: alexander's daddy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/very-unsportsmanlike-behavior-coach-accused-of-trying-to-hurt-autistic-boy-goes-to-court/comment-page-1/#comment-527503 alexander's daddy Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:41:08 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/very-unsportsmanlike-behavior-coach-accused-of-trying-to-hurt-autistic-boy-goes-to-court/#comment-527503 Great post Kristina. I would like to send out an invitation to everyone to come and visit Avi Bar-Ze’ev website. I have been having a very indepth discussion against discrimination that autistic people endure. Some of the posters believe in discriminating against "low" functioning autistics and in favor of cures and eugenics. I've been trying to uphold my our end of the discussion, and since I can't post to the Autism Hub anymore, I can't alert folks to this discussion which I believe is important. The website is: http://www.brownianemotion.org/2006/06/28/the-right-and-the-responsibility/ Avi is an inventor, programmer, and author. He was in charge of developing the original "Google Earth" PC client from 1999-2001 for a company called Keyhole. He has contributed to or lead development on a handful of 3D game and ride experiences for Disney, LindenLab, and others. His science fiction story, "Vintage," was published in 2000 and he has several novels completed. He often complains when he has to write about himself in the third person. Great post Kristina.

I would like to send out an invitation to everyone to come and visit Avi Bar-Ze’ev website. I have been having a very indepth discussion against discrimination that autistic people endure. Some of the posters believe in discriminating against “low” functioning autistics and in favor of cures and eugenics. I’ve been trying to uphold my our end of the discussion, and since I can’t post to the Autism Hub anymore, I can’t alert folks to this discussion which I believe is important.

The website is: http://www.brownianemotion.org/2006/06/28/the-right-and-the-responsibility/

Avi is an inventor, programmer, and author. He was in charge of developing the original “Google Earth” PC client from 1999-2001 for a company called Keyhole. He has contributed to or lead development on a handful of 3D game and ride experiences for Disney, LindenLab, and others. His science fiction story, “Vintage,” was published in 2000 and he has several novels completed. He often complains when he has to write about himself in the third person.

]]>