My dogs paw print is destroyed

[u/ZenPixels]

When my dog died we got her paw print done, I just found out that my little sister completely ruined it. I can’t really be mad at her since she’s a 10 year old autistic child and I think this might have happened a month or two ago but I’m still angry and omg

Edit: I talked to her about it and she doesn’t remember it and was very confused about what I was showing her. I’m probably not gonna try to get it reprinted because it won’t be the same and it’ll probably be expensive, especially since I found her painted paw prints that I made with her the day before she died. Also the paw print was stored in a bookshelf in a hallway at my house, it wasn’t in my room because everyone loved that dog so it wasn’t on display, we didn’t think she would be interested in it but we think that she thought it was makeup and she has a habit of messing with and destroying makeup

Also I’m not going to break her stuff, I’m not going to teach her that breaking stuff when you’re mad at someone is okay.

[u/Busterlimes]

Autistic or not, you need to explain to her the gravity of what she has done.

[u/Regular_Jim081 → u/Busterlimes]

....Hi,

It dose not work that way.

Its a disability, not an excuse.

[u/Cloverose2 → u/Regular_Jim081]

Some people with autism have significant cognitive and intellectual challenges as a part of what are often related umbrella disorders as well as autism itself. Accepting reality is not an excuse. Autism is a spectrum, and it includes people with profound challenges and people who face very few. We have no idea where the sister falls on the spectrum.

Disability, not excuse means does not mean we demand people function above their capacity, it means we set realistic standards and expectations. Asking someone to cognitively process what their brain won't process is like saying "you're paralyzed, so just get up and walk." Most people with autism are fully capable of cause and effect and understanding that their actions were hurtful, and to talk to communicate about it. We don't know it it's the case here, so assuming it's an excuse is flawed logic due to lacking information.