Autistic man lives on frogs, roots during 3-week ordeal in Utah desert

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My son is Austic and I always worry bout him. I cannot imagine what this guys parents felt. Glad everything turned out good
 
I read this this morning and was going to post it. It is always good to see a survival story turn out with a happy ending. That is a very long time for a well prepared person to be out in the Utah desert, but this man seems to have handled it perfectly.
 
Jennings said her son believes he is an American Indian and recently gave up his Colorado Springs apartment and sold many of his possessions to go to the Utah desert.
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At some point, LaFever’s dog left him
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Magnaminous_G said:
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Your image makes me think that you find his adventure humorous. It's not.
An autistic mind doesn't work like a normal mind, assuming there is such a thing as normal.
You could say, that to a point, an autistic mind has a tendency to get caught up in a sort of fantasy world, and might have difficulty relating to the real world.
To make snide remarks about how funny you find his plight, well. Understanding it ain't.

Now, i'll appologize to you, if i offended you, but i had to say this, because i myself have Asperger Syndrome, which is on the autism spectrum scale.
I just don't tolerate "jokes" based on a lack of understanding.

I'm sorry.
 
My son too is Autistic. I can see why he has obsessed about being Native American. Obsession over certain things, video games or what have you. I am glad he survived.

Some could make fun of him - but many 'neurotypical' people have died sooner is less arduous situations.

Aayra - well said.

TF
 
Sorry for offending. I didn't mean to laugh at the plight of someone with Autism. I admit I don't know much about the condition. It just made me chuckle that he thought he was an American Indian despite his mother assuring him that he wasn't. Where did he come up with that? And his dog leaving... sorry, I just thought that was funny. Sad, but funny.
 
I'm mildly aspergic myself. Like others I have a tendency to get wrapped up in my own fantasies, but if I know something is important I can get my head oriented and get focused on the task in front of me.

I'm very glad, and very surprised, that this man survived on his own with whatever he had. I can't say that I would be able to do the same.
 
Mag.

Thanks for the oppology. I did chuckle at the dog.... so much for mans best friend. :(

With that said. Seeing my son fixate on an object and other things surrounding is so painful to watch I could never laugh at that. I have those tendencies too (Why cant the world just make sense?!?!?!) And it sucks getting your brain "stuck" like that.

It has led me to a high amount of anxiety for the lack of understanding others.

No harm done on my end....

TF
 
Not funny at all. He wasn't feeding the dog and it may have gone off to find food for itself. It may have died trying. He almost did.
 
Magnaminous_G said:
Sorry for offending. I didn't mean to laugh at the plight of someone with Autism. I admit I don't know much about the condition. It just made me chuckle that he thought he was an American Indian despite his mother assuring him that he wasn't. Where did he come up with that? And his dog leaving... sorry, I just thought that was funny. Sad, but funny.
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I find everything about your posts offensive. Quoted for posterity.
 
If anyone has not lived with or worked with autistic people then they have no real idea of all the ways that can look. I used to work with a kid who was diagnosed with Aspergers. He was someone you had to get to know and give lots of room for him to learn how to work through people problems. I didn't really see it until about the 1000th time the same problem happens the same way with ten or more people that this is not going to be something that he learns and moves on from anytime soon. This guy in particular has a great intelligence with ideas and technical matters but was really in the dark on how to give and take in working or friendship relationships, any time emotional understanding is needed. Each of us has our own unique and non functional habits, some are just able to hide them better until we get worn out or otherwise affected by something in our life.
 
I got diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome once, but was referred to a specialist who said I just had too many traits that a person with Asperger's wouldn't and if I did have it, it wasn't effecting me. Still my sister insists that she thinks the doctor might be wrong...

Anyway, I can kind of see why the dog leaving him would be humorous... This guy was screwing up so bad even his dog left him. Of course it's not really funny when you consider the real life ramifications of it, but if I did that most cartoons wouldn't be funny either.
 
That dog probably died alone in the wilderness. If you find that funny there's something seriously wrong with you.
 
Magnaminous_G said:
Sorry for offending. I didn't mean to laugh at the plight of someone with Autism. I admit I don't know much about the condition. It just made me chuckle that he thought he was an American Indian despite his mother assuring him that he wasn't. Where did he come up with that? And his dog leaving... sorry, I just thought that was funny. Sad, but funny.
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magnanimous |magˈnanəməs|
adjective
very generous or forgiving, esp. toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.
DERIVATIVES
magnanimity |ˌmagnəˈnimətē| noun
magnanimously adverb
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin magnanimus (from magnus ‘great’ + animus ‘soul’ ) + -ous .


Your spelling along with comprehension is not so good either.


Leadfoot
 
As ignorant and insensitive as Magnaminous_G's initial comments were, we aren't going to make him the topic of discussion. Whine & Cheese is the place for a good thrashing.

@ Magnaminous_G

We have this nifty little option called a custom infraction. Basically it's a tool for mods to craft an infraction for someone acting in an inappropriate way that isn't covered in the predefined infraction list. Would you like to take a guess why I'm mentioning this to you? It shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
 
Halberdier said:
This has to be getting close to a worst case scenario. But, he survives! :thumbup:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...most-no-food/2012/07/13/gJQAPQU8gW_story.html


The same story from a local source.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21069080/
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That is INCREDIBLE! 70 miles! Inspirational example of the will to live. If he ever publishes his story, it would make a great read, I'm sure. Thanks for sharing this. :thumbup:

Sux about his dog. :(

I dont get the part about being stuck in UT needing money, and his dad tells him to travel to AZ to pick it up? Dad couldn't find a closer office to wire it to? I've been in the UT wilderness, and if my son called me to say he was stranded out there, my answer wouldnt be to wire him money in the next state - I'd get in my truck and go find him myself if I had to...sounds like some details might be missing.
 
A cold hard fact is that without a human presence, coyotes probably consumed the dog within a day or two after his departure. It's understandable that a starving dog would leave to seek food, but it was still a bad move.

BTW, stop picking on M/G. This is an outdoors forum, not a cappuccino lovers board. Let's not allow political correctness and over-sensitivity to take over here. When we're out there away from everything, we all make crude jokes and lough real hard because we feel free. Let's be free here, too. :thumbup:
 
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