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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 306845" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If they feel he is a threat to himself or others or that the guardians are abusive, yes. The guardians shouldn't call 911 if they don't want this to happen. Often those who come for the child do not understand. Autistic kids sometimes do hit themselves, but it's rarely fatal.</p><p></p><p>Onto hospitals: Sadly, I've seen psychiatric hospitals abuse their authority. An autistic child has no business being in a psychiatric hospital at all and quite often the staff can jump to conclusions about guardians that aren't true. It's scary.</p><p></p><p>I may add that adults can be forced to stay in psychiatric hospitals against their will as well. I've been in a psychiatric hospital three times and once they put me in solitary. Without going into details, there was no real reason for them to do that except in their own minds and I was literally forced to remain in one room with one bed until I said the things they wanted me to say to them. I had no say so about this. I was not raging nor did I threaten to kill myself. THe doctor just thought I was bugging him too much about my medications, which I felt were giving me side effects. This was fifteen years ago so I hope things have changed.</p><p></p><p>I still believe, all in all, I got something out of the rest of my stay, but I'm not autistic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 306845, member: 1550"] If they feel he is a threat to himself or others or that the guardians are abusive, yes. The guardians shouldn't call 911 if they don't want this to happen. Often those who come for the child do not understand. Autistic kids sometimes do hit themselves, but it's rarely fatal. Onto hospitals: Sadly, I've seen psychiatric hospitals abuse their authority. An autistic child has no business being in a psychiatric hospital at all and quite often the staff can jump to conclusions about guardians that aren't true. It's scary. I may add that adults can be forced to stay in psychiatric hospitals against their will as well. I've been in a psychiatric hospital three times and once they put me in solitary. Without going into details, there was no real reason for them to do that except in their own minds and I was literally forced to remain in one room with one bed until I said the things they wanted me to say to them. I had no say so about this. I was not raging nor did I threaten to kill myself. THe doctor just thought I was bugging him too much about my medications, which I felt were giving me side effects. This was fifteen years ago so I hope things have changed. I still believe, all in all, I got something out of the rest of my stay, but I'm not autistic. [/QUOTE]
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