Any Other Solutions?
My parents live in a neighborhood with several local physicians. One has six kids, and the youngest has profound autism and is non-verbal.
Well, he’s about five or six, and he loves riding his little tricycle in their driveway, which is pretty large.
He would do it for hours. His mom stayed home with him for the most part, and she and her husband became concerned that in a moment, he’d drive into the road if they happened to look away.
So, they got some orange construction netting that they would just put across the end of the driveway while he was out there, and would take it down when they went back inside. I always thought that it was a good idea to keep him safe.
Anyway, several of the families in the neighborhood were not pleased with this and said it was an “eyesore,” so a meeting was called. The proceedings turned so, so ugly.
It turned into attacks on how they were taking care of their son, and how it made the neighborhood look “ignorant” to have that netting up. Needless to say, no one offered any other options, and this family was so irate that they packed up and moved within a month.
This was about four years ago, and that house still hasn’t sold. They live out in the country somewhere, and the last time I talked to the dad, the son is doing very well in his new home.
And he still rides his bike for hours on end.