Maybe Our Culture is partially to blame?

[Lencoboy]

The fault lies with the abuser. It's their issues and shortcomings which cause them to abuse other people.

I didn't 'push' anybody to abuse me. Nor did I 'ask for it'.



An autistic meltdown is loss of control due to extreme distress. The last thing a distressed autistic needs is to be screamed at, handcuffed, and thrown into the back of a police car, but if the autism training isn't there, then the understanding won't be there.

Supporting autistic people in police custody (autism.org.uk)

I agree with you 100% Nora.

The real issue IMO is the chronic lack of accountability, 'blame' culture, and the fact that many people stubbornly refuse to change their ways and move with the times.

Even long before all the cutbacks of the past decade or so, and back when there was supposedly more funding available for professions like the police, SS, NHS, education, etc, a certain proportion of individuals who worked in those professions seemed unwilling to get their sh1t together and endlessly seemed to come up with excuse after excuse, plus there were also quite a few that were lazy and seemingly paid to sit around doing very little while inadvertently bringing down many of the 'genuine' hard-working individuals that many of whom have sadly quit many of such professions in their droves over the past 20-odd years, particularly as a result of the serial 'nappers' and time-wasters, coupled with being chronically overworked, underpaid, and often undervalued by the system and society in general. I've read that amongst some of the worst offenders are certain school head teachers and governors who have been known to deny that bullying even happens in their schools in order to appease OFSTED, then punishing the victims of bullying while often ignoring the perpetrators and letting them off scot-free time and time again. And that's been going on for eons now.

It also makes my blood boil when certain people still admit to believing that autism is a condition that's been largely 'invented' over the past 30-odd years or so in order to justify inappropriate behaviours and lazy parenting in their opinions. Totally wrong; we just weren't acknowledged by wider society in the past to the extent we are now, especially before the 90s, and often 'covered up' or 'hidden' in some form or another.

[NoraB]

It also makes my blood boil when certain people still admit to believing that autism is a condition that's been largely 'invented' over the past 30-odd years or so

Autism's always been here. Except that the autistics of 100,000 years ago were not treated like shite or shunned; they were respected for their unique abilities and for their fundamental part in human evolution.

https://neurosciencenews.com/autism-evolution-5527/

Diversity=human success (Rue on that, haters)