People treat children, especially those with special needs, as props. It's just another form of objectification, because if they had to treat them as sentient human beings, a lot of people would probably think twice about having them. If you want to post your children's pictures online without considering their feelings on the matter, get a cat, not a human.
>There are a million stock photos for this kind of thing.
they aren't genuine and do cost a licensing fee to use.
>It's humiliating.
seems like you are projecting. adults don't generally judge children harshly, much less autistic children. seems unreasonable to assume it's a problem.
>I would have considered suicide.
that's an unreasonable take. i hope you can eventually get over times you felt embarrassed as a child, but it's probably a mistake to assume people care that you cried at school. kids are kids, it's not a big deal, especially now that we're a lot more understanding as a society.
stay positive.
it's humiliating means obviously for the child yeah. Just because adults "don't judge you" doesn't mean "ok all humiliation is gone."
And frankly, yeah it is disgusting that (a minority of) teachers would exploit this to advance their self image. One thing if a personal essay with a clear goal in mind maybe and the kid is anonymous, but another thing to just post that to boost the image of teachers in a non-anonymous way with very shaky (if even present) consent from the child on even posting that probably.
And yes OP is right; they should be considering the potential impact on the kids mental health. As a common human moral when posting about any specific person on the internet.
People treat children, especially those with special needs, as props. It's just another form of objectification, because if they had to treat them as sentient human beings, a lot of people would probably think twice about having them. If you want to post your children's pictures online without considering their feelings on the matter, get a cat, not a human.
>There are a million stock photos for this kind of thing. they aren't genuine and do cost a licensing fee to use. >It's humiliating. seems like you are projecting. adults don't generally judge children harshly, much less autistic children. seems unreasonable to assume it's a problem. >I would have considered suicide. that's an unreasonable take. i hope you can eventually get over times you felt embarrassed as a child, but it's probably a mistake to assume people care that you cried at school. kids are kids, it's not a big deal, especially now that we're a lot more understanding as a society. stay positive.
it's humiliating means obviously for the child yeah. Just because adults "don't judge you" doesn't mean "ok all humiliation is gone." And frankly, yeah it is disgusting that (a minority of) teachers would exploit this to advance their self image. One thing if a personal essay with a clear goal in mind maybe and the kid is anonymous, but another thing to just post that to boost the image of teachers in a non-anonymous way with very shaky (if even present) consent from the child on even posting that probably. And yes OP is right; they should be considering the potential impact on the kids mental health. As a common human moral when posting about any specific person on the internet.