I had a nephew who had "special needs," certified as Autistic in UK, so genuine diagnosis. He appeared to act as a basicaly very badly behaved child. Officially he did not know right from wrong, so did not know when he was being naughty. That was he excuse his parents used for his behavior. Apart from this, he had good motor skills, and was an ace on computer games. Thinking back, given his Playstation had a driving adaptor, (steering wheel, foot pedals,) he most probably have learned enough to drive a car. Luckily he had no apparent ambitions to drive his mother's car. Fortunately, UK had facilities for a child like him and he attended a special school and was closely supervised by experts Sadly, a child so afflicted would hardly know it was wrong to take his parent's car without permission, nor understand what he had done wrong driving into a group of monks. How can you "punish" a child like this? At fault were his parents for not supervising him. But were they aware of the risk he posed? No mention of the boy's mother; was she at home or was only father and grandmother taking care of him?
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