[Indy]

Video report at the link: http://www.citynews.ca/2013/08/18/fa...n-with-autism/

A family is in shock and a community has united after an anonymous hate letter was written about a young boy living with severe autism.

Karla Begley told CityNews her son Max, 13, stays with his grandmother in the morning during the summer time. It was at that home in Newcastle where letter was delivered on Friday.

“I was shaking when I was reading it,” Brenda Millson, Max’s grandmother, told CityNews. “It’s awful words. You don’t know why somebody would ever do such a thing.”

The typed, one-page letter refers to the young boy as a “nuisance” and a “wild animal” before suggesting the family move or “euthanize” the child.

Begley says the police have been contacted and should they have grounds, charges will be filed against the letter’s author.

I suspect it's just as likely it was written by an obnoxious kid in the neighborhood, not another mother. That said, I've seen this discussed a few places online, and there have been the occasional women with children unfortunate enough to call them mother who agree with the letter in whole or part.

[Cherie]

Some people should be euthanised and I'm talking about the letter writer here, what a horrible excuse for a human being even if it is a kid.

[Niamh.]

omg that's horrendous

[Tregard]

I do not condone violence but I cannot say I'd restrain myself if I met the writer of that letter.

And in Canada, of all places?!

[Indy]

What's more disturbing is to think it if really was an adult neighbor, it's likely one of the ones in the video acting all supportive now that it's made the press and they don't want to get caught.

[Sticks]

I thought they were talking about Newcastle upon Tyne

I know that one UKIP candidate advocates the compulsory abortion of foetuses with Down's syndrome or spina bifida.

Link

[DanaC]

Disgusting.

I hope it is a kid. But I suspect it isn't. Would not surprise me one jot if an adult wrote that. I've mentioned before on here that, when I was a councillor, I was approached by parents and carers of youngsters and adults with severe learning disabilities and the abuse they were getting was often from adult neighbours.

Surprising and scary how many people seem to feel personally affronted and aggrieved by the mere presence of someone who is different to them.

[Vicky.]

****ing disgusting

[Josiah.]

I'm autistic and that letter just disgusts me.

[Z]

That's absolutely horrendous. Hope they trace the person who wrote that!

[MattySlug]

My Mum Got a letter like this about one of her dogs....


Letter Writer should do Jail Time

[Ramsay]

saw that on facebook a while back and i'm 80% sure it was just a cheap way to get likes but it's still sick

[Ammi]

..I'm not saying it's not an awful letter or not extremely hurtful and offensive but I don't think it's 'serious' either in that it looks to be purposefully written to shock and purely for attention..

[Kizzy]

I hope they find, name and shame this person.

[Indy]

Originally Posted by Karl

saw that on facebook a while back and i'm 80% sure it was just a cheap way to get likes but it's still sick

Nope, it happened last week, though I have no idea how many ways it might have been exploited by FB fame*****s in the meantime. Police are still investigating and discussing criminal charges when they find the author:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/world/...utistic-letter