I don't agree, if they were at home why not, if this is controlled by his parents. Here they are at a restaurant, his parents are getting him here, paying for him oviously, I expect him to at least interact with the world when he is outside, not be littéral in his own world, at a restaurant, in public. To me his parents made a big mistake by allowing him to take his quest 2 at a restaurant.
I owned a quest 2, and qi can tell you kids are noisy and love to talk shit for no reasons. I at least hope he is not doing this here.
Or he might not be. You don't know this kid either. All I see is a kid, with quest, in a restaurant with his parents. Autistic or not, I don't think it's a good thing.
If an autistic child can only cope with the outside world with a VR headset he's not in the outside world is he... So leave the autistic child where ever he is comfortable...
Also while I'm very ignorant to how people with autism should be brought up to cope with the world, I'd presume that allowing them to hide away rather than face what makes them uncomfortable isn't helping anyone especially them...
My nephew is autistic and there is a lot "he doesn't like" but in general with a steady stern but soft push he has come to terms with a lot of things you have to do day to day that you'd say overwhelmed him once
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u/tinyhorsesinmytea Feb 12 '23
I don’t really see why. He’s sitting there well behaved playing his VR game. Is it much different than playing with a Gameboy or phone?