NEW GAME PLAN! HELP SAVE AUTISTIC BOY! Go to his discussions page under ‘NEW PLAN’. Prosecutor won’t back down.

Do you think that it would be fair and morally right (in 2010) to
try to convict an 11-year-old child with an IQ of 68 of a serious
crime and get him thrown into jail or a mental institution for
stealing a piece of bread or a can of soda—-as he was very hungry
or thirsty and had an impulse to follow his survival instincts?
Well that appalling scenario is pretty much the moral and tactical
equivalent of what some folks in Zaqh’s school and the local legal
community are now trying to bring about for this hapless boy. The
kind of extreme punitive treatment that some of the people at his school are trying to exact on this boy would be appalling enough even if he were a few years older, had a much higher IQ and were otherwise mentally normal. But that’s not the case at all.
In fact, none of those things apply to him. In addition, he is
autistic and almost certainly has a mild mental retardation and a
profound lack of basic social skills.

GIVE THIS BOY A BREAK—-and—LET THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIMEThe treatment he is receiving (or about to receive, apparently) is total overkill. It is way too severe, disproportionate and EXTREMELY INHUMANE! In the name of common decency and enlightened human civility, those awful charges or allegations of ‘Felony Offense’ should be dropped—-and replaced
with a much more sensible program of gentle (but very firm) coach-
ing, skill-development and/or behavior-modification. In particular—-because he is autistic, Zaqh’s family or someone in the local school system should try their best to find a specially-trained
person(s) to work closely with him—-someone who will be firm, but
kind, encouraging and truly perceptive as to his behaviors and needs. This treatment ‘regime’ can become part of his IEP—-or not. And the person(s) who work closely with him might come from
within the existing local school system—-or not. Whatever
more sensible arrangements of this kind might be that can be put into place for him—-this should be done just as soon as possible.

This post was mentioned on Twitter by kevleitch: Act now: Autistic Child Charged with Felony: Below is an email I received from Meg Evans of the Autistic Self .. http://bit.ly/61fkgN…;

bloody typos… i hate them

Breadcrumbs…

Precisely.

It’s all bloody up-side down there. And in a country where the Judge Rottenbastard Education Centre can exist, where children and adults are routinely abused in the name of ‘education’ (and nobody gets so much as a fucking caution for it!)... I am absolutely scundered that an 11 year old boy with an IQ of 68 is charged for doing what comes naturally to any human being: resisting someone else’s attempt to restrain him.

I’d like to know if those fuck-witted people against who he committed this ‘offence’ would be prepared to just surrender to some pair of burly and intellectually-bereft no-necks who were doing the same thing to them?

I’d bet on them fighting back.

Excuse my language, but I’m not feeling very sympathetic towards the fuck-wits… and the system that’s blatantly supporting them. Come one, America… get a fucking grip!

“Hi, Just wanted you to know that a Little Rock Atty has agreed to take on Zakh’s case. The fee will be $5000 for the defence fund. I need to find the money by Sunday. Zakh’s new hearing date is 13 April at 10:30am. Please keep the energy going. Carole”

Where are the minutemen now?