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[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I wonder if some of this is about the money.

all of it is. 100%. That is the only reason they are torturing this poor guy (am autistic myself and have only faced potentially being sectioned before, that's the word I feel fits most).

also

They mention him getting violent with them, but if you’re being locked up like this against your will, won’t you fight back with every ounce of fortitude you have? Don’t ever let your captors beat your spirit.

He was literally having autistic meltdowns, I don't even need to say "probably", because being put in that sort of distress leads to either meltdown or shutdown, there is no way to regulate those emotions and input at that point (this is what led to the near-sectioning I mentioned above, and to many horrible things that have happened again and again to autistic people, including being murdered by police for "resisting". Systemic ableism is very real)

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