Parent vs Minister Conflict

Here, read this recent article about autism waiting lines, parent frustration and conflict with the local government. To sum up the story, which made headlines recently in Ontario, a mother approaches a government official for help - to find quicker services for her 14-year-old autistic son who's been on the waiting list for for a treatment facility for many months. The government official suggested the possible solution of handing over the teen to police, hastening the process of him getting help, thereby scalding himself in the backlash of public opinion when the parent made the conversation known to the media. When I first heard about it, I too was taken aback by the very idea of handing my child to authorities just to put him at the top of the help list. Then I looked at the story again and began to see a little of where the official, foster parent to a severely autistic child at home, was coming from. I'd say he genuinely meant to be helpful. He saw the mother's frustration and he offered an idea - the legal option whereby a criminal court or the Children's Aid Society could order the teen placed in a residential facility. A practical solution I'd say at least for the parent of this teenager, who the parent herself noted, to be increasingly violent with his assaults on her. She needs to be immediately protected first from the unintentional danger of her son's violence. If the only way to get him the help he needs is by getting it though court order, so be it. In all this, I can't believe that the official would make the suggestion of getting the son charged with cruel intentions. Anyway, read on for yourself
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/856206--shedding-light-on-autism-crisis