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The Mall of America is planning security changes after a 5-year-old autistic boy wandered onto the tracks of a running roller coaster at Nickelodeon Universe. Officials said the boy, who apparently loves rock climbing, was drawn to an artificial mountain on the Log Chute ride. They said the boy ran up the stairs, climbed a security fence, went through a ride tunnel and eventually climbed over onto the tracks of a running roller coaster.
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I would think that the parents, knowing their child's autism, would have kept an even CLOSER eye on him so he WOULDN'T wander off...
On Screamscape is a picture of a door that is part of a fence. It has multiple horizontal bars and looks like a playground piece. My 4 year old nephew would climb it! And , a couple of months ago he went to the bathroom at the mall without telling his mom. I could see him or his little brother finding a hole in any barrier. My late brother had cerebral palsy and from experience I can say you get comfortable with your loved one, you know them, how they are, and those parents knew their child. Autism has many degrees of severity, a curve like a rainbow is how a teacher put it, and each case is unique.
I understand there are autistic persons who get a hold of fecal matter and put it on the wall, but the child in the news is not that severe. Institutions for discarded disabled children are abominable prisons. The child is well loved.
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