My LIttle Bully?

Child attempts suicide after being bullied at school for being a fan of My Little Pony

This story is just awful. An 11 yr old boy was bullied at school because he liked to watch "My Little Pony". He is now on life support after attempting to hang himself from his bunk bed. His parents found him before he died, thank goodness. But the oxygen had already been cut off long enough to cause brain damage.

Every time I read about a child who has committed suicide, I get this sick feeling in my stomach. The fact that a kid can ever be in that place in their heads where they are willing to actually go through with ending their own life. I mean, most of us spend our whole lives trying to live. Most of us are afraid of death. Except those who are so far down that they are actually capable of going through with it. I just want to hold someone accountable. They may have physically done it, but shouldn't someone be responsible for creating that situation?

On the other hand, my son's first suspension this year actually started off as an argument with a girl about this very show. Does his behavior concern me? Of course it does. We obviously are dealing with these types of behaviors on what seems like a daily basis. Treat others how you want to be treated. Be kind to others. Everyone has feelings. We have to respect people, even if we don't like them or know them well. Jack doesn't really care about other people's feelings- about him, or about themselves. Jack only respects those he does care about, and there's a pretty short list of people included in those he does care about.. even less that he respects. He's indifferent, and would rather make fun of you and your feelings than deal with his own problems, or face up to his mistakes. I honestly don't know if this is the face of Autism for Jack. I don't know if this is ADHD, or some other mental illness.

The clinic Jack has been to all of twice now is a "Dual Diagnosis" clinic. This implies (to me, anyway) that they will be searching to discover if there is something other than either ADHD or Autism. Or hell, maybe ADHD and Autism IS their dual diagnosis and that's where we're going to stay?