Unusual van incident...
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Yikes!!! Was just outside the van with doors open in a car park when a giant of a bloke with severe autism dived in the boot, leaped over the back seat and belted himself in. Three clearly nervous full time carers told me to move well away with the kids as they tried to coax him out. Ten minutes later he came out with one of our babies toys. Another twenty minutes and they got that back. They then took him to the loo, he escaped, ran towards a grey truck (assume he thought it was ours) and tried to force his way in. Think Jonah Lomu in size with a crazed look. I fully admit to bricking it!!!
At a guess the chap probably had little or no communication skills, the chances are the care home may have had a similar van and in his mind he probably just wanted to go home.
If the carers are anything like some of those who care for my autistic brother then the carers could have dragged him around the shops whilst they do their shopping so the poor chap was bored out of his mind :-(
If the carers are anything like some of those who care for my autistic brother then the carers could have dragged him around the shops whilst they do their shopping so the poor chap was bored out of his mind :-(
aka_kerrly said:
At a guess the chap probably had little or no communication skills, the chances are the care home may have had a similar van and in his mind he probably just wanted to go home.
If the carers are anything like some of those who care for my autistic brother then the carers could have dragged him around the shops whilst they do their shopping so the poor chap was bored out of his mind :-(
They reckon he spotted the toy (one of those pretend car steering wheel/dash things that fits to a baby seat) and jumped in to play with it. Their manner suggested it was a potentially serious incident.If the carers are anything like some of those who care for my autistic brother then the carers could have dragged him around the shops whilst they do their shopping so the poor chap was bored out of his mind :-(
Once the kids were out of the way, my concern was for the van - our new shiny toy! He took the car toy with him and had it on the care van for a while. I wasn't at all worried. They offered to pay to valet the van if needed - it was fine. TBH they dealt with it well but it definitely could have got nasty.
It is very difficult to assess the destructive potential, often you find that they themselves don't appreciate how strong they are and it is fairly common to be clumsy which doesn't help either especially if they are agitated.
Trying to defuse a situation can often require a fair few different approaches as it can be rare for the same 'trick' to work twice; from the sounds of it the carers were very good with the client and yourself though!!
Depending on how old your children are I'd maybe consider sparing a few minutes to explain that the chap behaves a bit differently and this isn't always their choice.
Dave
Trying to defuse a situation can often require a fair few different approaches as it can be rare for the same 'trick' to work twice; from the sounds of it the carers were very good with the client and yourself though!!
Depending on how old your children are I'd maybe consider sparing a few minutes to explain that the chap behaves a bit differently and this isn't always their choice.
Dave
aka_kerrly said:
It is very difficult to assess the destructive potential, often you find that they themselves don't appreciate how strong they are and it is fairly common to be clumsy which doesn't help either especially if they are agitated.
Trying to defuse a situation can often require a fair few different approaches as it can be rare for the same 'trick' to work twice; from the sounds of it the carers were very good with the client and yourself though!!
Depending on how old your children are I'd maybe consider sparing a few minutes to explain that the chap behaves a bit differently and this isn't always their choice.
Dave
They are aged one and three. One carer told me the guy is "ripped" (he was a coloured chap. Without any hint of racism, they often seem to be rather good at getting built and tend to have low bf%) and very hard to handle once riled.Trying to defuse a situation can often require a fair few different approaches as it can be rare for the same 'trick' to work twice; from the sounds of it the carers were very good with the client and yourself though!!
Depending on how old your children are I'd maybe consider sparing a few minutes to explain that the chap behaves a bit differently and this isn't always their choice.
Dave
Each was clearly very concerned and TBH they did a good job but he DID escape again and IMO could be pretty risky. Most odd.
fozzymandeus said:
I've seen this happen to at least 6 VW Transporters in the last week.
Judging by the people behind the wheel, at any rate.
I've heard such individuals are "excellent drivers".
Good for them and if I owned a Transporter, maybe I'd give a flying f**k. Judging by the people behind the wheel, at any rate.
I've heard such individuals are "excellent drivers".
Edited by Vladimir on Tuesday 24th April 18:55
When I was about 12 my parents used to take me to a old cottage on Anglesea. Middle of nowhere type place. Anyway, one morning I walk in the living room and my late Dad is up a set of step ladders changing a light bulb, behind him, watching him intently is a boy of about 8 who obviously had downs. I ask Dad who the boy is. "Yes Jane" comes the reply. "no, really" I say, "Who's the kid?", Dad is huffing and puffing and getting annoyed at me while I continue to question who this kid is and why he's in the lounge. Eventually he turned round mid way through telling me to "bugger off he was busy" and saw the lad himself.
Never forget it, it was incredibly funny afterwards. Turned out there was another cottage up the lane for disabled kids and he was an escapee, his carer turned up not long after in a panic.
So OP, you have my sympathy
Never forget it, it was incredibly funny afterwards. Turned out there was another cottage up the lane for disabled kids and he was an escapee, his carer turned up not long after in a panic.
So OP, you have my sympathy
Vladimir said:
fozzymandeus said:
I've seen this happen to at least 6 VW Transporters in the last week.
Judging by the people behind the wheel, at any rate.
I've heard such individuals are "excellent drivers".
Good for them and if I owned a Transporter, maybe I'd give a flying f**k. Judging by the people behind the wheel, at any rate.
I've heard such individuals are "excellent drivers".
Edited by Vladimir on Tuesday 24th April 18:55
fozzymandeus said:
Same s**t, different (model) designation.
Do you use the same thought process when pretending your SL is a proper V8 one too? 
Our neighbour does - a 50 something plastic lady with died blonde hair and a husband in oil who is never there. Pullip - definitely worrying. The most scary thing was the sheer size of this guy - flipping enormous.
Max - ermmm... yes....of course....
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