WORK RANT ⬇️
okay, so i am a Paramedic and I work in the ER, last night we had a patient that had severe autism, he was non verbal as well and got abandoned by his group home. it made me soooooooo mad. because if you sign up to care for someone then that’s exactly what you do. if it becomes too much for you there’s steps you take both legally and medical care wise to rid yourself of the responsibility. you do not drop your resident off because he’s being aggressive and decide to never come back.
you just have to put things into perspective, if you couldn’t speak or communicate the way everyone else around you does would you or would you not be “aggressive”? OF COURSE YOU WOULD. imagine being ripped from the comfort of your home and thrown into a hospital a LEVEL 1 TRAUMA ER (meaning we get the worst of the worst because we have the staff and equipment to handle it) overnight, and you are non verbal and autistic. can you fucking imagine how overstimulated he was? and if you’ve ever seen or been to an ER you know how bright, loud, and busy it is. 3 things most autistic kids don’t like.
it was just crazy to me, i’m not saying it doesn’t get hard because i’m sure it does. my job seems impossible sometimes and i’ve only done it for 4 months. but never in a million years could i see myself as a company who is trained and trains others to care for people with these disorders and disabilities abandoning a resident.
we ended up having to call the adult protective services and charges got filed against the group home but idk.. it was just awful. i can’t imagine doing that to someone i signed up to care for.
so if you plan on working with or for a group home for children or adults with diagnosed disorders or disabilities please make sure your heart is in it 120%. they are people just like us and literally no fucking one deserves to be ripped from their home in the middle of the night and abandoned at a hospital due to behaviors they can’t control.
