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/Regular_Jim081]

....Hi,

It dose not work that way.

Its a disability, not an excuse.

[u/CptMisterNibbles → u/Regular_Jim081]

Autism is a spectrum, including some people that literally do not have the capacity to understand complex norms, or even communication. It very much “dose” work that way sometimes. You do not know ops situation

[u/AdHot7656 → u/CptMisterNibbles]

so yes, lets default to autistic people are constantly looking for/getting excuses, thats a great idea!!!

/s

[u/a-wittyusername → u/AdHot7656]

explanations are not excuses. People who *are* higher support needs *do* need a different level of understanding and compassion because they literally are not processing the world the same way. imagine being on meltdown mode 24/7, when everything is Too Much. Do you think you, when you are in full meltdown, imagine you have 10 people who are all screaming conflicting things at you, you cannot get away from them, they all are DEMANDING you get things done, and its too hot, and you're hungry, and you cannot get away....

imagine the meltdown you would have in that situation, imagine 10 people screaming conflicting things at you, and telling you you will be homeless, you will be unloved, you will goo hungry if you do not meet all 10 conflicting things...

and imagine your life like that 24/7. that is just "normal" for you. do you think you could manage to understand things the same way if you had that going on?