Just Such a Miracle
Rescue workers are still working to discover the whereabouts of a three-year-old child who walked away from play with other children, at a relative's home in Laval near Milles Iles River. He was visiting in his father's care and with his 7-year-old sister. A normal family get-together.
Except for the unfortunate fact that the three-year-old boy, Adam Benhamma, is not 'normal' in the sense of having all the faculties of other children his age.
Adam Benhamma is a deaf mute. And he is diagnosed as autistic. One minute he was there, the next, not.
His father said he and his cousin walked into the house leaving the children outside to play on their own, and they were absent from the scene for no more than "seconds". A second is all it takes for a normal, curious child to wander off. And obviously, it was all the time that Adam required to do the same.
It would appear that autistic children are particularly given to wandering off. This propensity causes great anguish to parents of autistic children who must always be on alert lest they lose their children. This father cannot possibly have been ignorant of that trifling little fact.
Moreover, since Adam is both deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate, nor is anyone able to communicate with him at a distance. So calling his name elicits no response; he cannot hear. Even so, he cannot shout for help or to assist those desperately looking for him, to alert them to where he is, to enable them to rescue him.
Close by the house that was being visited was a swampy forested area, as well as a river. Places that have a certain fascination for young children who are incapable of identifying dangerous places. And whose sense of curiosity will draw them to those dangerous places.
Those places presented as a physical challenge to negotiate for the fit and experienced rescue workers who were dispatched to attempt to discover his whereabouts.
Adam has been missing for far too long. So long that, given the terrain, his age and his handicaps, it is unlikely he will be found alive. If he is found still in the land of the living, it will be a miracle.
We fervently wish for just such a miracle.
Except for the unfortunate fact that the three-year-old boy, Adam Benhamma, is not 'normal' in the sense of having all the faculties of other children his age.
Adam Benhamma is a deaf mute. And he is diagnosed as autistic. One minute he was there, the next, not.
His father said he and his cousin walked into the house leaving the children outside to play on their own, and they were absent from the scene for no more than "seconds". A second is all it takes for a normal, curious child to wander off. And obviously, it was all the time that Adam required to do the same.
It would appear that autistic children are particularly given to wandering off. This propensity causes great anguish to parents of autistic children who must always be on alert lest they lose their children. This father cannot possibly have been ignorant of that trifling little fact.
Moreover, since Adam is both deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate, nor is anyone able to communicate with him at a distance. So calling his name elicits no response; he cannot hear. Even so, he cannot shout for help or to assist those desperately looking for him, to alert them to where he is, to enable them to rescue him.
Close by the house that was being visited was a swampy forested area, as well as a river. Places that have a certain fascination for young children who are incapable of identifying dangerous places. And whose sense of curiosity will draw them to those dangerous places.
Those places presented as a physical challenge to negotiate for the fit and experienced rescue workers who were dispatched to attempt to discover his whereabouts.
Adam has been missing for far too long. So long that, given the terrain, his age and his handicaps, it is unlikely he will be found alive. If he is found still in the land of the living, it will be a miracle.
We fervently wish for just such a miracle.
Labels: Family, Health, Human Relations, societal failures
posted by Pieface @ 6:58 PM
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