Comments on: Autistic Marine? http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/07/13/autistic-marine/ Updated information on Veteran Benefits, featured Military Bloggers, the You Served Podcast and various other news and information relevant to Veterans. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Claire http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/07/13/autistic-marine/comment-page-1/#comment-268402 Claire Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:50:33 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=2465#comment-268402 Holy smokes! With my background in mental health my head is spinning even trying to imagine a young man with autism facing the stresses and strains of boot camp. Man... I can not imagine what he went through and the fact that he didn't totally break shows that he does have some resiliency. This young man needs a good home, a safe place to live his life with good direction and people around him who care. I hope the Marine Corps shows mercy to him and he gets the support he needs in the civilian world. Holy smokes! With my background in mental health my head is spinning even trying to imagine a young man with autism facing the stresses and strains of boot camp. Man… I can not imagine what he went through and the fact that he didn’t totally break shows that he does have some resiliency.

This young man needs a good home, a safe place to live his life with good direction and people around him who care. I hope the Marine Corps shows mercy to him and he gets the support he needs in the civilian world.

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In my eyes, sending this young man to prison would go against everything the Marines and the Military stands for.

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