Sunday, July 23, 2006

Utah neighbor's offensive sign targets autistic teen

Carrie Heaton does her best to keep watch over her curious and cognitively disabled 13-year-old son without being too confining.

Still, the Nephi teen slips out unnoticed on occasion and wanders the neighborhood, sometimes entering and rifling through people's homes, according to police. Neighbors to the south have complained.

But Heaton was surprised Wednesday when long-simmering tensions boiled over and her neighbors erected a sign in their front yard warning, "CAUTION, RETARD'S IN AREA."
Read the rest here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Follow up, fortunately the sign has been removed. This happened less than an hour from where I live and when I rerad about it yesterday, needless to say I was rather upset and wanted to do something about it... but didn't know where to start. Anyone have any suggestions on what they would have done if this happened in their neighborhood?

Kay Olson said...

Thanks for the update.

I think publicity is the best way to address something like this.