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Ilsa

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10. Then why not arrest him and throw him in prison for five years?

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 08:14 PM

Jan 2015

Are we not capable of extending a little patience and grace towards those whose brains don't process information, including faces, well? Now he's a sex offender. This could affect where and how he lives.

Furthermore, he's been tossed out of a school where his disability was taken into consideration in completing appropriate coursework for a degree.

I don't appreciate being touched by strangers, either. But as a rape survivor, intent has everything to do with it.

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Autistic man banned from college for sexual assault after mistakenly hugging, kissing stranger [View all] jakeXT Jan 2015 OP

That's sad JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #1

I don't think anyone should walk up and start touching anyone yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #4

He thought he knew her JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #8

Then why not arrest him and throw him in prison for five years? Ilsa Jan 2015 #10

are we to be outraged? so sad. elehhhhna Jan 2015 #2

I think we should demonize people with mental impairments or disabilities. BlueJazz Jan 2015 #3

You knew her! HUGE difference!!!! yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #5

He thought that he knew her. He mistakenly took her for someone else. BlueJazz Jan 2015 #6

I'm cynical, I know, but I always notice that the person swept up in a hug Nay Jan 2015 #7

This I 100% agree with! JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #9

His parents Should Have taught him Ilsa Jan 2015 #11

Of course they should have. The autistic man is not a toddler and should Nay Jan 2015 #12

Just because he has a disability does NOT mean he has no sex drive happyslug Jan 2015 #13

Uh, I didn't say he didn't/shouldn't have a sex drive. I said his parents Nay Jan 2015 #14

The problem with this is the sexual overtones Shankapotomus May 2015 #15

I have his same diagnosis..... De Leonist Jul 2015 #16

Our society is transforming to a state where cell phone lanes are the new normal jakeXT Aug 2015 #17