Re: Parents charges after Boy found in street

[Guest guest]

Mental note: it doesn't really matter if my child is an escape artist,

but I must make an appearance for the sake of the NTs who are too

ignorant to understand autism. Buy lots of locks that will barely put

a dent in my child's speed and put them everywhere. That way, if she

does escape, and we all know if she wants to that she will, everyone

will feel better seeing the maze of locks no one but my child with

autism can get unlocked.

Also, coach my child and tell her if she does plan on making a run for

it, for God's sake, at least put on a clean diaper first. No kid with

autism should ever have a dirty diaper when they're standing in the

middle of the street. And, be sure not to try and explain the

situation to cops, then we'll be charged with obstruction.

Debi

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> Parents charged after boy found in street

>

> BOARDMAN — The mother of an 8-year-old boy was charged with child

> endangering after the boy was found in the middle of a busy

> intersection.

>

> Amy Gaudio, 32, of Stanton Avenue, was released on a summons.

>

> Police were called to Market Street and Shields Road about 9 a.m.

> Tuesday on a report of a child in the road who had narrowly escaped

> being hit by traffic.

>

> Officers removed the boy, who was wearing a dirty diaper and

> believed to be autistic, from the road. Shortly after, Gaudio called

> police to report her son missing.

>

> When they arrived at her house, police found no additional locks on

> the back door and the door of the attached garage open.

>

> While police were there, Gaudio called her husband to come home from

> work.

>

> Dominic Gaudio, 29, was charged with misdemeanor counts of

> disorderly conduct, obstructing official business and resisting

> arrest after police say he was combative and ignored officers'

> commands.

>

> He was lodged in the Mahoning County Justice Center.

>

[Guest guest]

Go to the precinct- give them a picture of your child. Explain the situation. Have them meet your child.

They'll get it.

Best half hour I ever spent.

Re: Parents charges after Boy found in street

Mental note: it doesn't really matter if my child is an escape artist,but I must make an appearance for the sake of the NTs who are tooignorant to understand autism. Buy lots of locks that will barely puta dent in my child's speed and put them everywhere. That way, if shedoes escape, and we all know if she wants to that she will, everyonewill feel better seeing the maze of locks no one but my child withautism can get unlocked. Also, coach my child and tell her if she does plan on making a run forit, for God's sake, at least put on a clean diaper first. No kid withautism should ever have a dirty diaper when they're standing in themiddle of the street. And, be sure not to try and explain thesituation to cops, then we'll be charged with obstruction.Debi>> Parents charged after boy found in street> > BOARDMAN — The mother of an 8-year-old boy was charged with child > endangering after the boy was found in the middle of a busy > intersection. > > Amy Gaudio, 32, of Stanton Avenue, was released on a summons. > > Police were called to Market Street and Shields Road about 9 a.m. > Tuesday on a report of a child in the road who had narrowly escaped > being hit by traffic. > > Officers removed the boy, who was wearing a dirty diaper and > believed to be autistic, from the road. Shortly after, Gaudio called > police to report her son missing. > > When they arrived at her house, police found no additional locks on > the back door and the door of the attached garage open. > > While police were there, Gaudio called her husband to come home from > work. > > Dominic Gaudio, 29, was charged with misdemeanor counts of > disorderly conduct, obstructing official business and resisting > arrest after police say he was combative and ignored officers' > commands. > > He was lodged in the Mahoning County Justice Center.>

[Guest guest]

Our son would run for twenty to thirty hours straight with no sleep. He'd finally crash for an hour and the slightest peep would wake him up and he'd run another sixteen to eighteen hours. This went on for months and months at a time.

The mom called police so that's something significant. The dad was working so that's something, too. There's just not enough information to tell if the mom was neglecting her "free-spirited" child or just dead to the earth tired and fell out just long enough for the child to take off. Honestly, there have been times where we wonder where the strength to STAY AWAKE will come from.

Is anybody working to find out more?

Parents charges after Boy found in street

Parents charged after boy found in streetBOARDMAN — The mother of an 8-year-old boy was charged with child endangering after the boy was found in the middle of a busy intersection. Amy Gaudio, 32, of Stanton Avenue, was released on a summons. Police were called to Market Street and Shields Road about 9 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a child in the road who had narrowly escaped being hit by traffic. Officers removed the boy, who was wearing a dirty diaper and believed to be autistic, from the road. Shortly after, Gaudio called police to report her son missing. When they arrived at her house, police found no additional locks on the back door and the door of the attached garage open. While police were there, Gaudio called her husband to come home from work. Dominic Gaudio, 29, was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, obstructing official business and resisting arrest after police say he was combative and ignored officers' commands. He was lodged in the Mahoning County Justice Center.

[Guest guest]

" was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct,

obstructing official business and resisting arrest after police say

he was combative and ignored officers' commands.

Hell YA - that would be me to the 9th degree when it comes to my

baby!! Get OUT of my face, get OUT of my way and give me back my

kid!

>

> Our son would run for twenty to thirty hours straight with no

sleep. He'd finally crash for an hour and the slightest peep would

wake him up and he'd run another sixteen to eighteen hours. This

went on for months and months at a time.

>

> The mom called police so that's something significant. The dad was

working so that's something, too. There's just not enough

information to tell if the mom was neglecting her " free-spirited "

child or just dead to the earth tired and fell out just long enough

for the child to take off. Honestly, there have been times where we

wonder where the strength to STAY AWAKE will come from.

>

> Is anybody working to find out more?

>

> Parents charges after Boy found in street

>

>

> Parents charged after boy found in street

>

> BOARDMAN - The mother of an 8-year-old boy was charged with

child

> endangering after the boy was found in the middle of a busy

> intersection.

>

> Amy Gaudio, 32, of Stanton Avenue, was released on a summons.

>

> Police were called to Market Street and Shields Road about 9

a.m.

> Tuesday on a report of a child in the road who had narrowly

escaped

> being hit by traffic.

>

> Officers removed the boy, who was wearing a dirty diaper and

> believed to be autistic, from the road. Shortly after, Gaudio

called

> police to report her son missing.

>

> When they arrived at her house, police found no additional locks

on

> the back door and the door of the attached garage open.

>

> While police were there, Gaudio called her husband to come home

from

> work.

>

> Dominic Gaudio, 29, was charged with misdemeanor counts of

> disorderly conduct, obstructing official business and resisting

> arrest after police say he was combative and ignored officers'

> commands.

>

> He was lodged in the Mahoning County Justice Center.

>

[Guest guest]

That's just it. I mean, parents of kids with autism can be as

neglectful as any other parents. But because I'm a mom of one, I'm

giving these people the benefit of the doubt. I'm imagining a runner,

police find him, then lecture the parents about taking care of him. If

these parents are like us, they've been trying to care for him for the

last 6 yrs or so and can't get anyone else, like these police officers

to listen, the cops think they know it all.

Or, alternatively, they could be horrid parents with a history and the

most well-meaning police officers anyone could ever meet. I just know

how it seems the majority of the time, and my above scenario seems to

be the more common.

Debi

>

> " was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct,

> obstructing official business and resisting arrest after police say

> he was combative and ignored officers' commands.

>

> Hell YA - that would be me to the 9th degree when it comes to my

> baby!! Get OUT of my face, get OUT of my way and give me back my

> kid!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Kerbob,

This is the town over from where I live. I found this in my local

paper and posted it to the group.

I know nothing more than what the article states. I doubt I could

call the police station and find out what happened due to privacy

issues.

I've written a letter to the editor. If others would like to do so

the address is letters@...

We can only speculate as to what has happened here. I like Debi want

to give the parents the benefit of the doubt. Just from reading the

article I assume these people have their hands full with an eight

year old who is not toilet trained and probably is a " runner " . I do

not have one of those, but have heard enough horror stories such as

yours where kids don't sleep and escape constantly. It's like

said in Autism Everyday- " We are judged more harshly and

expected to do things that no one should be expected to do " .

My husband would probably end up getting arrested too if my son

escaped, and then the police were at my house hassling me. We have

been to the breaking point through this past year with my son's

problems. One incident like that with the police would completely

push him over the edge. This man was at work (he may have had to

have missed work for other reasons for his son) which causes

additional stress worrying if you are going to lose your job due to

absenteeism etc..) Mom and Dad are married that's a plus,

considering the high divorce rate involved in autism. I'm not

judging single parents here BTW.

I suspect the police have no idea this kid's history/problems. No

real understanding of autism, and what this family could be going

through. Parents are possibly very stressed, overwhelmed and quite

frankly very isolated and having no supports or sufficient ones.

Mom being charged with neglect and then Dad getting arrested and

dragged off to jail, totally making a bad situation worse. Now, the

job issues, court costs etc....

I am mad as hell about this and want to know what happened.

How would you (or anyone) suggest how to get to the bottom of this?

Let's face it people this is more than likely going to be a more

frequent occurrence in our society.

How is the CAA going to help these people? They need help now!

Like so many of us....

>

> Our son would run for twenty to thirty hours straight with no

sleep. He'd finally crash for an hour and the slightest peep would

wake him up and he'd run another sixteen to eighteen hours. This

went on for months and months at a time.

>

> The mom called police so that's something significant. The dad was

working so that's something, too. There's just not enough

information to tell if the mom was neglecting her " free-spirited "

child or just dead to the earth tired and fell out just long enough

for the child to take off. Honestly, there have been times where we

wonder where the strength to STAY AWAKE will come from.

>

> Is anybody working to find out more?

>

> Parents charges after Boy found in street

>

>

> Parents charged after boy found in street

>

> BOARDMAN - The mother of an 8-year-old boy was charged with

child

> endangering after the boy was found in the middle of a busy

> intersection.

>

> Amy Gaudio, 32, of Stanton Avenue, was released on a summons.

>

> Police were called to Market Street and Shields Road about 9

a.m.

> Tuesday on a report of a child in the road who had narrowly

escaped

> being hit by traffic.

>

> Officers removed the boy, who was wearing a dirty diaper and

> believed to be autistic, from the road. Shortly after, Gaudio

called

> police to report her son missing.

>

> When they arrived at her house, police found no additional locks

on

> the back door and the door of the attached garage open.

>

> While police were there, Gaudio called her husband to come home

from

> work.

>

> Dominic Gaudio, 29, was charged with misdemeanor counts of

> disorderly conduct, obstructing official business and resisting

> arrest after police say he was combative and ignored officers'

> commands.

>

> He was lodged in the Mahoning County Justice Center.

>

[Guest guest]

All of the parents of autistic children must get the overwhelming benefit of the doubt.

One of the things we should be working to do (we probably all are) is to educate the general public about the issues facing families and children with autism so that the rest of the society is up the learning curve when it comes to these issues and when some sh__ happens. .

Re: Parents charges after Boy found in street

That's just it. I mean, parents of kids with autism can be asneglectful as any other parents. But because I'm a mom of one, I'mgiving these people the benefit of the doubt. I'm imagining a runner,police find him, then lecture the parents about taking care of him. Ifthese parents are like us, they've been trying to care for him for thelast 6 yrs or so and can't get anyone else, like these police officersto listen, the cops think they know it all.Or, alternatively, they could be horrid parents with a history and themost well-meaning police officers anyone could ever meet. I just knowhow it seems the majority of the time, and my above scenario seems tobe the more common.Debi>> "was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, > obstructing official business and resisting arrest after police say > he was combative and ignored officers' commands. > > Hell YA - that would be me to the 9th degree when it comes to my > baby!! Get OUT of my face, get OUT of my way and give me back my > kid! > > >

[Guest guest]

You know, I just assumed he was defending his wife/family.

Carolyn

> >

> > " was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct,

> > obstructing official business and resisting arrest after police

say

> > he was combative and ignored officers' commands.

> >

> > Hell YA - that would be me to the 9th degree when it comes to my

> > baby!! Get OUT of my face, get OUT of my way and give me back

my

> > kid!

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

When my kid took off when he was 3

(thanks to a neighbor trespassing in my yard and leaving the gate open) and the

police brought him back, the policeman said “he won’t tell me his

name”, I told him that max had autism and he said “well, I knew

there was something wrong with him so you better keep him inside all the time”.

I was furious. I explained to him that his disability gave him no fear

and a love of cars, as well as the inability to tolerate clothes (oh, yea, he

was NAKED up on the corner!) and that we had taken all precautions on our

property to keep him in. of course, they reported us to CPS who came out and

said ‘we don’t need to be here’ and closed the case. Not

all cops are nice.

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charges after Boy found in street

All of the parents of autistic children must get the

overwhelming benefit of the doubt.

One of the things we should be working to do (we probably

all are) is to educate the general public about the issues facing

families and children with autism so that the rest of the society is up the

learning curve when it comes to these issues and when some sh__ happens.

..

Re:

Parents charges after Boy found in street

That's just it. I mean, parents of kids with autism

can be as

neglectful as any other parents. But because I'm a mom of one, I'm

giving these people the benefit of the doubt. I'm imagining a runner,

police find him, then lecture the parents about taking care of him. If

these parents are like us, they've been trying to care for him for the

last 6 yrs or so and can't get anyone else, like these police officers

to listen, the cops think they know it all.

Or, alternatively, they could be horrid parents with a history and the

most well-meaning police officers anyone could ever meet. I just know

how it seems the majority of the time, and my above scenario seems to

be the more common.

Debi

>

> " was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct,

> obstructing official business and resisting arrest after police say

> he was combative and ignored officers' commands.

>

> Hell YA - that would be me to the 9th degree when it comes to my

> baby!! Get OUT of my face, get OUT of my way and give me back my

> kid!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes sometimes a little neighbourliness and common sense could do the trick Take care, nkrstagliano <KRStagliano@...> wrote: I have a dear friend whose daughter has Prader Willi Syndrome. She lives in a townhome neighborhood. This 8 year old child accidentally walked into the wrong townhome a couple of months ago. They all look pretty much alike and she's only lived there for about 6 months. The women who owned the townhome where the child "broke and entered"

CALLED THE POLICE. She didn't walk the child 2 doors down to her own house. She didn't call the frantic Mom who now has a police report on her 8 year old girl. She called the darn police. Sad.We moved to a very busy street in June -- I circle the house like a shark doing a head count all day long. 1-2-3 girls. Check. I have gates on the deck, a hotel lock on the front door and keep the garage doors down at all times. The autistic child in Boardman (a fairly rural area outside of Canton Ohio) deserves to be kept safe -- doesn't deserve to be hit by a car. How about Autism Speaks partners with a FENCE company and donates free fences to us??? No, no, more important to find out which telomere preceeding my girls autism.... KS

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Re: Parents charges after Boy found in street

I have a dear friend whose daughter has Prader Willi Syndrome. She lives in a townhome neighborhood. This 8 year old child accidentally walked into the wrong townhome a couple of months ago. They all look pretty much alike and she's only lived there for about 6 months. The women who owned the townhome where the child "broke and entered" CALLED THE POLICE. She didn't walk the child 2 doors down to her own house. She didn't call the frantic Mom who now has a police report on her 8 year old girl. She called the darn police. Sad.We moved to a very busy street in June -- I circle the house like a shark doing a head count all day long. 1-2-3 girls. Check. I have gates on the deck, a hotel lock on the front door and keep the garage doors down at all times. The autistic child in Boardman (a fairly rural area outside of Canton Ohio) deserves to be kept safe -- doesn't deserve to be hit by a car. How about Autism Speaks partners with a FENCE company and donates free fences to us??? No, no, more important to find out which telomere preceeding my girls autism.... KS