If an Autistic adult behaves like a child does one treat it like a child.
On a different list adults wrote do not put me to bed.
I thought that is ridiculous as they are all adults but they identify with children.
In fact in 1983 I went to a Therapeudic Community in Jerusalem which had an American Unit.
They treated them like children by having restrictions to the building as punishment.
They even had a points system with pocket money given out according to points earned.
I refused to sign the contract so left that community nearly thirty years ago in 1984.
They did not know I was Autistic and we did not accept that in tose days.
The Community was for the mentally ill.
I do not know if it is a good idea to treat Autistic adults and mentally ill adults like children.
David.
Edited by philippab-mod to remove extra spaces
