Comments by "Genny" (@genny9026) on "Officer UNHINGED at Autistic Teen | Body Language Analysis" video.

  1. Thank you so much for covering this, Jesús and for your analysis. There were things I hadn’t noticed. This video is very useful advice for anyone who might have to face a similar situation, ie a person who is unexpectedly both stressed and very, angry. It’s not always, obvious. The girl’s distress seemed to make the officer’s reaction worse. I wonder if putting it in the context of animal behaviour, if the ‘ prey’ is terrified and trying to hide, not projecting strength or aggression back, that actually encourages a ‘ predator’ to get into an even more …excited is the wrong word…state ? It senses success or is determined to achieve it ? What happened in this case is so appalling, it’s almost beyond belief. Would that officer have behaved the same way if alone and facing a strong, well- built, calm and confident man ? I doubt it. It was much easier to seem dominant, backed up by large men and focusing on a small, sixteen year old autistic girl. I don’t think that officer should be in the police force or in any job in which she has to interact with the public.
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  2. When teaching, an autistic lad said “ Miss ! You look like Miss Piggy ! I like Miss Piggy !”. “ Thank you”, I said. The next day, he proudly brought me a drawing he’d done of ‘me ‘ - with Kermit the Frog. I put it on my cupboard door. 🙂
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  3. It seemed as if a ‘ mean girl ‘ had been given a tremendous amount of power.
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  4.  @captainbingo100  Held in custody for 20 hours, most of that on her own, in a cell. She must have been terrified about what might happen to her and wondering if she’d be kept in jail for years. The deliberate cruelty of it all is disgusting.
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  5.  @FanceeName  Bingo. Box ticking.
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  6.  @puppydogs68  🙂I used to make him laugh by flicking my hair back and saying, “ Kermee! Where are you ?”. 😂 One time, the horrible Headmaster came into the room after I’d said it and I had to lie. Made up something, because he asked why the class fell about laughing when he walked in. 🐸
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  7. It really worries me because such insensitivity and ignorance could result in many, people suffering something similar. Many adults and children have genuine problems to deal with, including autism. What if someone had hearing problems, or a speech problem and so on ? There was an officer pulling the young girl up by one of her arms. The police had been told about the scoliosis. Would they have also ignored any other physical problem too ? What some of those officers seemed like to me - low intelligence, no common sense, poor impulse control and low ability to rationalise.
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  8. Thank you. 🤗 That officer looking on, almost triumphantly, when the girl is on the ground, being pulled around and crying in pain( scoliosis) is heartbreaking.
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  9. Yes. When the girl was on the floor, crying and scared, I think that seeing that happening was to that officer, the equivalent of punching her.
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  10.  @savannahglebe5165  No, it is not. I taught for many years, pupils age 7 to 18, plus older. At no time, did I have problems with badly behaved children or teenagers for more than 2/3 days, who most other staff refused to teach. I know, what bad behaviour is. My classrooms were peaceful. I have a degree in Psychology as well as another degree in English literature. ( Just for context). When you know an autistic child, you’d notice that it actually isn’t, about them being “ undisciplined” or badly behaved. There are triggers, such as unexpected very loud noises. The same child will obediently line up if asked to, sit down when expected to with everyone else, work when expected to and enjoy what’s going on. Unco- operative, behaviour is different. Sensory differences, reactions to changes in routine and some, communication difficulties are typical of autism. In a calm, routine based environment, I didn’t see any, problems re discipline. When a child becomes very anxious, it’s not, an attempt to get away with something. What they react to, is pretty predictable. That doesn’t include listening, working or pleasant interaction. It helps to explain what’s going to happen, clearly, eg “ We’re going to go to the hall, sit on the floor, I’m going to play the piano and we’re going to sing. Then we’ll walk back to the classroom”. If 8/9 year olds in class with an autistic child can understand and interact thoughtfully, adults should be able to too. The other children did, pick up on how to do that. “ We’re going to …” etc. Just clear, quiet, brief, reassuring information. There are, a few disorders I don’t, agree about as being valid but autism, isn’t one of them.
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  11.  @richardsimpson3792  Is it ? 👀 Like the Doors song, 🎶 ‘People are strange’ …..
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