"If he continues to hit his head, he's going to be blind," Fran Bernstein said. "And that is his way of communicating -- with his eyes."This is how a Bradley Bernstein's mother justifies shocking him, just "lightly" and "maybe once a month" with a cattle prod.
She and her husband are suing for their rights to continue the treatments.
Let me see if I understand...
Autistic man hits himself on the head.
Neurotypical parents administer shock with cattle prod.
To, ummm... protect him?
Empathy, anyone?
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