Most autistic people tend to avoid conflict and are not violent. The claim of autism is to make him more of a sympathetic victim.
Thank you!
The only time my son got violent was when his friends were on the receiving end of bullying. He would beat the bullies.
When he was in the 5th grade, a bunch of kids were picking on his friend. They stole his Keychain and would not give it back, taunting him with it until he cried. My little man jumped in, took it back, gave it to his friend, and then placed his friend in the corner of the room and shielded him, taking all the blows for him from the gang of brats.
He’s going to that friend’s high school graduation party in May.
Another time, in high school, a kid had been picking on a different friend all year (smacking his head, pushing stuff off his desk, nasty names). Finally, my son told this guy that if he touched that young boy again, my son would make him pay.
“What are you going to do?” the bully sneered.
My son yanked this bully out of the desk, grabbed him by the throat, slammed him against a wall, and proceeded to wail on him. The bully was a good six inches taller and was taken completely by surprise.
His friend’s parents took him out to an arcade as a thank you.
My son was suspended per school policy; however, even the Vice Principal stated that all the witness accounts confirmed that the bully had been tormenting this kid for months but only my son was brave enough to do something about it.