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[keyhole kate]

I thought I would share this with you all

My DD is a teacher at an EBD school her last TA has moved on into a support role with Teens with learing difficulties finding them college courses etc

 

One of her clients Dave (changed the name for privacy) has autisim now any of you who know or work with this group of kids will understand they dont quite see the world as we do.

Dave phoned his mum at work and said "Mum I'v caught a troll" "his mum said dont be silly go back and play your X box I will be home in an hour" half an hour later she gets a call from a neighbour who tells her she had better get home as her house is surrounded by police officers She arrives home to mind the fire arms unit etc and on the doorstep are two policeman crying with laughter.

 

It appears dave answered the door to the gas man who had come to read the meter who unfortunately happened to be a dwarf dave let him in shoved him into the cupboard under the stairs where the meter was and barricaded it The gas man had then had to call the police who thought it was a hostage situation hence the firearms unit. The two policeman that had let him out found him sitting on his toolbox with his torch on were beside themselves the gas man was also is hysterics and couldn't wait to tell his mates at work or his wife. All ended well luckily but honestly you just couldn't makle it up

[chick wiggle]

Oh eck, what a shock for the poor gas man! Good job all had a good sense of humour.

[Lewis]

 

Good job the gas man took it as a joke!

[Couperwife]

 

fabby

 

do you think the gas man has experience of autistic children??

 

 

cathy

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[Seagazer]

As others have said good job he had a sense of humour. My YS has a friend with autism and we've learnt that you have to be carefull what you say, he takes everything literally.

[Cooks]

well done that Gas Man for having a sense of humour and being understanding.

*Morale of story is when your are told he has caught a Troll, believe him*

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Brilliant . Could have been very different if the gas man hadn't been so nice though .

 

I'm definitely telling folks at work that one (I work in a school for kids with autism ).

[Patricia W]

What a lovely gas man and policemen!! It could have turned out so differently...

[henriette]

Thank goodness for all the good sense of humour

That story cheered my up no end

[Lavenders_Blue]

What a brilliant story! You're right you couldn't make it up!

Just as well everyone was able to see the funny side of it.

[ClaireG]

Glad the gas man and police reacted the way they did and saw the funny side of it.

[Christian]

The poor gas man

 

I know I shouldn't, but

[Groovychook]

OMG, that's hilarious!!

Thanks for sharing!

[LisaP]

No 3 child of my 4 children has autism so I totally understand how that could happen

 

He is 'high functioning' and attends mainstream school but he does still take things very literally and although we haven't, as yet, had a hostage situation a couple of funny occurrences spring to mind, like -

 

the time DD said she had a 'frog in her throat' only to have her brother trying to shove a torch in her mouth "so that he could see"

 

or when I realised, just in the time, that I had sent him off to look in the toilet for his hairbrush

 

Lisa P

[The Dogmother]

Thanks for making us laugh, although I'm sure the gas man wasn't laughing at the time. Good job that the police were so understanding.

[Valkyrie]

Oh dear, the tears are running down my face and my sides hurt so much. It's really rather sweet - even if the gas man would beg to differ.

 

Hairbrush - toilet - good rescue!

[Charlottechicken]

Oh my word

 

thank goodness they all saw the funny side

[meezers]

My son has Aspergers syndrome - if he told me he had ' caught a troll' I'd definitely question him further ! at least the woman knows her son knows how to act in a troll attack situation

[Chucky Mama]

[mostin]

Wow , that has put a smile on my face, so glad it all ended so well .

 

The English language is a minefield if someone takes everything you say literally, it must be slightly easier for parents of autistic children in Germany . I love how that language just says everything exactly how it is .