My co worker is 37. He's pretty severely autistic. He has a pretty bad speach impediment. he's pretty much a child in a mans body. I've been working with him for a year. Occasionally he'll throw a little fit in front of me. He just gets overwhelmed easily, but he's never yelled at me. We work for a commercial Cleaning company. One time he was vacuuming, and I showed him a spot he missed. He looked at me, and slammed the vacuum on the ground. I walked torwards him real fast. He was like "im sorry I didn't mean it" I said that he needs to calm down, and we can't be breaking vacuums. So last night we were talking. He had supportive staff. Like people who come to his house to check up on him, and help him with things. He said that one time one of his supportive staff was at his house. My co workers treadmill broke down (he's obsessed with walking on it) and he started screaming. He said he screamed at his supportive staff too. I guess he was just trying to calm him down. After his outburst, my co worker said that he was sorry. I don't know if this is emotional abuse, or if it doesn't really count. Like I said because he has the mind of a child?
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Is my autistic co worker abusive?
