You have to wonder, right?
And if this makes me a big meanie, then I am a big meanie, but if I had a child in line with me, and your child kept bumping into and hitting them, I would not be understanding. But wouldn't getting a GAC help with this issue?
Unfortunately I didn't find out about them until the next trip, makes it easier for everyone.
Autistic or not it still does not give you the right to allow your son to keep bumping into a stranger. Like I said a couple times no big deal, that happens but 45 minutes no way. Put yourself between him and others, don't wait in 45 min lines, whatever you have to do but a disability doesn't give you a free card to invade on others space.
I don't believe i said he did it for forty five minutes. He would do it once and a while and I spoke to him. I also told the man "I'm sorry about that." Most was his playing on the posts (which this is about). It was his self talking and fidgeting. People act funny to self talking and making noises. Unnerves them.
My brothers autistic. If he'd have spent an hour knocking into people in line, he'd never have got to go to Disney. Being autistic doesn't give kids a free pass to do what they want with autism as a get out clause. Discipline is still required to keep kids in line, but many parents don't seem to understand that.
Id have given a kid 5 minutes of knocking into me before saying something. Whatever the reason behind it, it's not acceptable behaviour under any circumstances, particularly if a parent makes no attempt whatsoever to control their kid!! I guess it's different in the US, as parents there seem to politely request that their children behave and there are no consequences if they don't. If they're misbehaving, unless they're ordered to stop and know there will be consequences theyll continue to do what they want.
Having grown up with it, I know how autism works and behaviour can still be controlled. If there was a risk my kids would irritate people to that extent, I wouldn't inflict them on the general public.
See above about bumping and if you are going to get in it was 45 minutes not 1 hr. It would also depend at how far your brother is on the spectrum wouldn't it. Of course it does sound since you personally parented this child, or another then you should know all about that. If you are afraid your children would do anything in public then you are the one with the problem. As for "inflict", really? My child is some kind of sickness, if that what you are saying? I have the right like anyone else in the US, UK, France, Italy or wherever else to take my child out in public. I am not ashamed of him as you seem to be implying, I will not lock him away to stay away from others because other people feel that because they live their life on way they are superior than others.
Makes me think of this quote.
One thing that drives me nuts is how people seemingly look for any opportunity to pounce upon situations where they can sit upon their high horses and use their skills of judgementalism to look down upon the masses of unrefined heathens who never were and will never be as perfect as they.
I also see this outside of Disney everywhere.
This grinds my gears. I have Autism too but you know what? My parents parented and didn't let me kick and climb on the rails! It is NOT a excuse to misbehave! If long lines are a problem get a GAC, get a touring plan or don't go on the ride!
Just a question, what level of functionality do you have now? How about when you were say 7? You seem pretty high functioning so I can see that is good for you. What part anywhere did I say kicking? Did I say my son kicked someone? I just said he played on the rails and chains. He swung them back and forth and talked to them. If he had kicked anyone for any reason that would have been a different problem and would and is not tolerated for any reason. He has not and doesn't kick or hit people other than himself. And also I was unaware of a GAC, it really isn't common knowledge. We have the last three times gotten one because I found out about it and we use it.
It's not easy having a child of one age (7) and having them be much young (about 3 1/2) even now in middle school he is still about 9. Here is the thing you seem to know you are autistic, you seem to be aware of what it means and entails he doesn't know or would not understand if he knew. I have met some autistic children that if I was not told they were I would have never know and I have met autistic people who are still young children. How well are you? And at 7, how well were you then?
And like I said I did not excuse it but I didn'v sit there every few seconds trying to correct him for everything he did, he just hung on the bars and played with chains mostly talking to himself and once and a while hitting someone, himself. Like any small kid he would move and bump someone and I would pull him back (I kept about two or three feet between us and the people in front getting looks from that).
Ok let me state this so all of the people who cannot understand it.
AHEM....
MY SON DID NOT, THAT IS NOT, STAND AND BUMP SOMEONE FOR 45 MINUTES OR AN HOUR AS SOMEONE STATED. I SAID HE WOULD DO IT FROM TIME TO TIME. EVERYTIME I STOPPED IT, HE HUNG ON THE RAILS AND PLAYED WITH CHAINS NOT HITTING KICKING SWEARING BEATING SPITTING OR ANY OTHER THING YOU ARE IMAGINING. SO BEFORE YOU SAY OTHERWISE AND NOT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAID READ THIS.
ok? alos I was not aware of a GAC. No one said "hey is your son disabled? Get a GAC." Never happened.
If you go to Disney World and see a restless child in line (and you will) deal with it. Disney is a family place. They intend children to be there, they plan for it and expect it. If you cannot understand that children get restless and bump into people sorry it happens but to tell me that my son should leave/be locked in a room/get out of line because he bumps people then I have a couple things to add to that list.
1) Women with large bags, I get whack by these in lines all the times
2) People with souvenirs, again same problem.
3) Teens that are not next to parents. They bump, push, cut lines and swear.
4) Teens that are with parents, they do the above except swear, well sometimes.
5) Couple without kids, the do the above and from time to time get a bit to romantic in public (kissing ew)
6) Old people, they move slowly and rides might get paused so they can get on and off (hate waiting for that, they should know better)
7) All parents with little kids, strollers, disgusting habits, slow, bumping and sometimes funky smells
8) parents with kids that wear sports team shirts, I don't like their team and I should not be exposed to them
9) People eating any kind of snack (turkey legs are good but someone might find it gross)
10) gum chewers
11) People drinking
12) people who feel that their vacation is so important that others are not allowed to do anything at all that in some way possible could hurt their vacation with something as little as a sneeze
Have I missed anyone?
Because YOU FEEL YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A VACATION AND PEOPLE ARE NOT LIVING UP TO YOUR STANDARDS THEY SHOULD NOT BE SHUNNED BANISHED OR BE SNOBBED AGAINST. IF YOU CANNOT GOT DISNEY WORLD AND HAVE YOUR VACTION DISRUPTED BY SOMEONELSES ACTION THAT ARE NOT INTENDED TO HARM YOU DO NOT GO BECAUSE I AM GOING IN NOVEMBER WITH MY THREE KIDS (EVEN THE AUTISTIC ONE) AND I LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE PARK ARE NOT GOING TO CARE THAT YOU GET UPSET BECAUSE THAT FIVE YR OLD LICKS A RAIL OR HANGS FROM IT. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU THINK THEIR EATING HABIT GROSSES YOU OUT THEY ARE THERE TO HAVE FUN
And so should you. This is Disney, people are people they think about themselves, you are thinking about yourselves, not me not OP or the poster who was at TSM and let her kids play on the rails. Just sit back and enjoy.
These threads are not to be helpful they are whine fests. Every time I come to this section of the boards they are there. Just ignore the people, get your fastpass and forget them, they forgot you. All you are doing is keeping a bad memory in what should be a set of good memories.
Think about that. And if you missed my message, and I know a few have feel free to flame me I am sure that woul dbe a great way to sprinkle Pixie Dust.
They are always telling you to move up and fill in empty gaps.. sometimes I think they tell us to move up when there isn't any room to move up 
. Unless, I was a tall, beefy man with a security uniform on and a stick ( does WDW security have anything on them), there would be times I would NOT want to say or do anything so as to not cause a greater problem. SAD that some people feel so entitled
