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Our next
door neighbour (adjoining house) is a carer for her autistic grandson. She has him at her house most days for at least part of the day. He is about 14 (not sure of his age) and has the mental capacity of a three-year-old. We (my husband and I) understand the kind of problems that can be involved in dealing with autistic children, and we have great sympathy for him and his grandmother.
However, this boy is very destructive. He has been on our property several times, and although we have no proof, we suspect that he has damaged our pond by dropping large stones in it. Quite recently both my husband and the boy’s grandmother caught him trying to get over our fence. He also likes to throw things, especially into our garden. My husband has a huge bag full of items this boy has thrown over into our garden. They are mostly plastic toys and items. However, what is concerning us is the number of items thrown over which could seriously injure someone in our garden. These include a heavy glass ashtray, and a number of decorative stones, easily big enough to injure someone.
In addition to this, he makes a lot of noise. He is verbal to a degree, but the noises he makes are just random noises. Again, we understand that he can’t help this. But it does disturb our peace, and because he spends most of his time in the garden, we no longer enjoy sitting in our garden. Apart from the noise - sometimes very loud - there is always the fear that some missile could be thrown over the fence and injure one or both of us.
Just lately our dog has started to refuse to go in our garden when he is about.
We feel that something should be done about this situation, but we are stumped as to what if anything can be done. The last thing we want is to cause problems for this boy and his grandmother, or to create ill-feeling between neighbours. We would be grateful for any advice anyone can give us regarding this very tricky situation.
door neighbour (adjoining house) is a carer for her autistic grandson. She has him at her house most days for at least part of the day. He is about 14 (not sure of his age) and has the mental capacity of a three-year-old. We (my husband and I) understand the kind of problems that can be involved in dealing with autistic children, and we have great sympathy for him and his grandmother.
However, this boy is very destructive. He has been on our property several times, and although we have no proof, we suspect that he has damaged our pond by dropping large stones in it. Quite recently both my husband and the boy’s grandmother caught him trying to get over our fence. He also likes to throw things, especially into our garden. My husband has a huge bag full of items this boy has thrown over into our garden. They are mostly plastic toys and items. However, what is concerning us is the number of items thrown over which could seriously injure someone in our garden. These include a heavy glass ashtray, and a number of decorative stones, easily big enough to injure someone.
In addition to this, he makes a lot of noise. He is verbal to a degree, but the noises he makes are just random noises. Again, we understand that he can’t help this. But it does disturb our peace, and because he spends most of his time in the garden, we no longer enjoy sitting in our garden. Apart from the noise - sometimes very loud - there is always the fear that some missile could be thrown over the fence and injure one or both of us.
Just lately our dog has started to refuse to go in our garden when he is about.
We feel that something should be done about this situation, but we are stumped as to what if anything can be done. The last thing we want is to cause problems for this boy and his grandmother, or to create ill-feeling between neighbours. We would be grateful for any advice anyone can give us regarding this very tricky situation.
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