Today, as a support worker, I spent 45 minutes making various attempts to calm a violent autistic kid. Just as soon as I was sure the crisis was over, he beat me as hard as he could with the "Things I Can Do When I'm Mad" book I'd given him. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to my job as an aide for first-grade students. I went home with a swollen face after my student punched me because I was, "making the timer go too fast" and he wanted more iPad time. FML
Today, a patient, who is normally pretty chill, was being quite difficult for my workmates. They were whinging about him and I defended him, he's normally a sweet guy so something must be upsetting him. I went to chat with him, he punched me and called a useless a**hole. FML
Today, I took my 6 year-old to work. A normally docile child, she chased me around with her toy - beating me with it while all my colleagues watched - not stopping despite me requesting her to. When she finally lost said toy, she threw a huge tantrum. Guess who's banned from my office. FML
Today, I saw a kid throwing a tantrum in a supermarket. Thinking it was a matter of lack of discipline, I waited for the kid’s mother to come out of the bathroom to tell her how naughty her son was being. I then got to watch her beat her son to the point of unconsciousness. FML
Today, I had to pick my son up from school after he beat the crap out of another student. The words that made him go nuts were apparently, "You mad, bro?" FML
Today, my child was refusing to leave the playground. I had to pry her, screaming and crying, from the monkey bars. I then realized I had been assaulting someone else's kid. FML
Today, I was babysitting a four year-old. He was mad and began hitting me. I told him to use his words not his fists when he's mad. He then began telling me how much he hated me, and that I should go die and never come back. FML
Today, my father-in law-shared his opinion that autistic kids should be beaten until they act normal. He saw fit to share this while my autistic son was having a meltdown because my father-in-law came to the house without warning, and my son violently hates visitors without prior warning. FML
Today, I was asked to take care of my 3 year-old little brother. After 15 minutes of him screaming and me trying to keep him entertained, he started throwing his toy cars at me. He hit me in the mouth, and I started to bleed. My parents yelled at me for "not controlling him." FML
Today, a punk-looking college kid was making fun of my mentally handicapped son. Out of anger, I punched him in the face. I got handcuffed and thrown into a police car. The kid stood there laughing and pointing at me. FML
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Meixpr 12
How unfortunate. That, and a tad bit ironic. Perhaps he gave the book a good use after all.
Badab1ng 5
Shoulda given him the book "how to make sweet passionate love to a woman".
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Comments (166)
heathz 9
that's not terrifying at all....
perdix 31
Next time, try giving him some Serenity Machetes.
florido_fml 10
Even books hurt people
HomeAl0ne 20
Books don't hurt people, people with books hurt people.
Duladian 19
With this logic, spoons make people fat. Also look at guns, they don't kill people. The person pulling the trigger does. Sorry for the OT there.
TheNewGuy03 29
Nah, blame physics.
scottm1 0
If it took you 45 minutes to fail I think you're in the wrong line of work. Really 45 minutes???!!!!!
DjeePee 25
Maybe you should read something about autism. Maybe then you would understand why it can take so long.
auriane_fml 19
I would love to see you calm down an autistic child in 45 minutes. I have worked with autistic children that could be upset all day. It depends on the child and the situation. It could also take longer if the child doesn't know you.
turdtickler6 3
Yea 25 you are an idiot it would probably take you 10 times longer to even calm down an autistic child
Daralea 21
Same here. The dad was being helpful and told me to let the kid be and keep him away from the other kids till he calms down, if he doesn't want to do something he's not going to do it and nothing is going to change that but time.
icic6772 0
Maybe you should've read the book.
slim_lady 12
next time give him the book "things i SHOULDN'T do when im mad - No. 1 being: Do not hit the person who gave you this book.
namhowell 6
So did that calm him down?
1JDub 6
Write the publisher and ask them to add "Beat dumb support worker with book"to The Things I Can Do When Im Mad....
FYLDeep 26
When you're dealing with someone that doesn't think the same way you do, you should try to appeal to the basic human traits we all share. I would have suggested simply making him a sammich.
sneakymcpothead 0
Ydi for giving him the book in the first place he was using it cause he Was mad sorry op but maybe next time don't give an angry autistic child a book with the title " things I can do when I'm mad "