People don’t really get this aspect of autism. I think part of it is because the visible face of autism is people whose behavior is reasonably controlled from a social impact perspective: they get frustrated and shut down, they’re awkward socially, etc. but there’s this part of the spectrum that’s largely not talked about because these people don’t have presence online and don’t socialize outside of a select group of people who know what’s up. The people with autism that are moderately to severely stunted developmentally and often intellectually as well
This article brings up the key point about said population. When a 6 year old tantrums it’s exhausting. When the person who is 13, 17, 24, or older has that same tantrum but with an adult body it’s often quite dangerous. It’s a very hard population to serve because what do you do when there is such a hazard? I worked for years in a residential setting for people in this category. Their families had thrown in the towel and decided a full time placement was the solution. And understandably so; it often would take multiple strong able bodied staff to deal with such behaviors in a safe way. Despite such approaches I still have 2 permanent injuries to my spine and neck from working there, and I have a number of scars from nasty scratches, being hit with projectiles, and bites.
Awful situation and there’s not really a good solution. I remember going into that job thinking that physical restraint was inherently unethical and now I don’t think that anymore. When a teenager is smashing their face into a door jamb over and over until they’re spraying blood everywhere, when an adult hits their head so hard they detach their retinas, when someone gets so angry at denied access that they are willing to beat a staff member until they stop moving, what else can you do but hold them until they calm down? Chemical restraints I guess but they often require a nurse or doctor, which is much more expensive to keep around all the time.
Misleading and bad headline. The article itself mentions that Kia has patched the exploit and the guy who found it has a disclosure page that outlines how it was confirmed to be patched before releasing any details and Kia confirming there was never anyone using this
So no, they can’t. They could, but no one did, and now they can’t. It was a glaring oversight but shit happens and Kia responded swiftly, patching the exploit within days of it being reported