Praise for 'brave' autistic who came to aid of man having seizure in street

[AGXStarseed]

(Not written by me. Edited to remove the word "sufferer")

Praise: Nick Butler with his sister Louise at the spot where he saved his friend who had a seizure



A 'brave' autistic man has been praised for helping a man who suffered a seizure.

Nick Butler was with friends outside Broad Street Mall, in St Mary's Butts, last Thursday morning when one of the men he was with had a seizure.

Realising what was happening, the 25-year-old from Whitley Wood, quickly took charge of the situation, GetReading reports.

Mr Butler's sister Louise said: "Nick put his bag under his friend's head to stop him bashing it. He was also able to put him in the recovery position and got a member of the public walking by to call an ambulance."

Helping Hand: Nick Butler called the emergency services when his friend had a seizure


Mr Butler was diagnosed with autism last month, previously he had been assessed as having learning difficulties. Miss Butler said asking a stranger to call an ambulance was a big achievement for her brother.

She said: "He has low self esteem so to actually be able to think clearly in that situation and know exactly what to do is really encouraging.

"I think anyone in that situation might panic a little bit so for Nick to stay so calm, I just think he was really brave."

South Central Ambulance Service confirmed they were called at 6.14am and took one man to Royal Berkshire Hospital.


SOURCE: Praise for 'brave' autism sufferer who came to aid of man having seizure in street - Mirror Online

 

[tree]

I don't see why there are quotes around the word 'brave.'
If the writer didn't think Nick Butler was brave, he could have used another word.
Putting quotes around the word makes it seem like he's being arch/nudging the reader with his elbow/winking.
Not serious.

"Oh, Look.
The autistic kid did a 'brave' thing.
Ain't it swell? Acted just a like a real person."

 

[Christopher Nicholson]

Just to make sure I understand this correctly. A young man with learning disabilities and who has fought low self esteem, that was recently diagnosed with autism realized a man in his group had a seizure. To make sure he stopped hitting his head on the ground he put his bag under his head and put his body in the recovery position.
That was awesome of him to know enough to put the man into the recovery position, I didn't know what it was until this article.

 

[tree]

Just to make sure I understand this correctly. A young man with learning disabilities and who has fought low self esteem, that was recently diagnosed with autism realized a man in his group had a seizure. To make sure he stopped hitting his head on the ground he put his bag under his head and put his body in the recovery position.
That was awesome of him to know enough to put the man into the recovery position, I didn't know what it was until this article.

Yeah.

He did good.

 

[AsheSkyler]

I've never heard it call "fitting" before. Makes sense though.

That is one of the brilliant things about processing issues. Once the Aspie analytical mode kicks, emotion has no chance of botching it and making you panic.

 

[Sass]

Ugh, I think this falls into the category of inspiration porn. Us autistics often do things that 'normal' people do. It doesn't make us brave, it make us people *surprise*. Also kinda kills the myth of us not caring about others.