Oh my god girl, I'm sitting here reading this with steam coming out of my ears! How dare he!!! I don't give a rats ass if your child knocked over a display and threw printer ink all over the shop, it doesn't give him the right to  lay a finger on your child and it sure as hell didn't give him the right to smack him. After you get him sacked, take him to the cleaners and make him pay!

well iam so happy i have so many people on my side !

this morning we got a call from the c.i.b and they told my husband that they spoke to him and he said he just did not want to ahve his machine damaged .

no excuse really ,like i said he could ahve asked us to move him he is no relativive of ours.

then the cib bloke said to hubby that we shoulent bother with such petty thing because the courts will just say we are wasting their time .

how stupid is that !so in another words let him get away with

no bloody way! i ahve printed your feedbacks so i may show others that iam not the only one that feels this way.

it might have been just a smack on the hand but it was a samck that should have never happened.my husband never smacked him because he new he would get into trouble ,if an ault amcks an adult you get charged but when its a child its not important.iam indeed going to call on the media and anyone else that will listen i hope if you guys see us on the media you back me up and let the media hear your voice to,iam going to take him on head first for my son and for all the other kids.

BRING IT ON!

i know if i had seen it happen i would have broken everything of his or puncehd him one as iam red fire but hubby keeped his cool told him off and we walked out but i deceded bugger this call the police.but hubby went back after we called the cops and warned the guy he was going to be charged he did not care,as if he new he would get away with it ,unfortunatly he owns the shop so i cant get him fired.

i will keep blogging on this matter.thanks everyone

My first course of action would be to get in touch with a lawyer, next do not ask the police to charge him, DEMAND that they do so! This is assult on a minor! Next I would get in touch with the owner of the store and demand that this person who struck your son be dismissed from his position in the store! If this all fails, go to the media, and explain to them what has happened! Perhaps this "person" can explain to thousands of people why he smacked an autistic child! To say the least I am sure that the owner will not want negitive attention to his store! Don't let this one slide! Had it been me, I would most likely have let loose on him right then and there and caused a scene one which hasn't been recreated since "The Taming of the Shrew!"

charge him with assault.... complain too management.... do they have a security camera in the store.... it would show up on there... GET HIM FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!

NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO SMACK YOUR CHILD LIKE EXPECIALLY SOME OLD SHOP ASSISTANT.........................

I AM OUTRAGED!!!!!!

were there witnesses....

To be honest, if some stranger did that to my kid, I'd be the one getting arrested and charged with aggrovated assault!  My partner is behind me on the lounge disagreeing with me on that because he reckons he'd beat me to it and there wouldn't be enough left to hit.  Though I certainly would not recommend anyone else behaving that way!!!

Yes, I would push it further.  I'd push it all the way.

Hi Libby

I could not believe what that man did to your son he has no right what so ever You should charge that S.O.B with assalt Every kid I know (inclueding mine ) have played with the screens at one stage or another If that p*ick doesnt like it then he sould move the screen out of reach I hope he gets charged and learns never to smack a child again Becb

Hi their OMG  i could not belive what i was reading, how dare that scum bag do such thing to your child i would have lost the plot in their and i would of probably thump him one he has no right what so ever to do that , definatly do go futher love, i would of felt like ripping this guy in half! thats just me i can get really firery i was so mad when reading this. Take care and good luck hope this idiot gets what he deserves! 

Have him charged. He just physically abused your son and I wonder how many other children he has done this too if he would so readily abuse a complete strangers little boy. People like this need to be shown that they can't just do whatever they want.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Lexi xxx

Honey go get him. Srew him hard. How dare he touch your son. Have him charged. Don't let him get away with it. He is just lucky it wasn't me I would have belted him back twice as hard. But your idea is better. Make him feel guilty about hitting a child with special needs. What an a*%#@*^&. Take this as far as you can. Even call today tonight if the police don't help you.

Please give him a kiss on the hand for me. My heart goes out to you as I have a autistic son, so I know how you feel.

Oh my gosh what an A*^%$#E.

I would most definitely be taking things further. How dare he.

You have my utmost sincere wishes and good will behind you to kick some A^&E

Hello Libby

That is not right what that man did to your son.....how dare he take it into his own hands and take action. What did the police say?

If it was me l would take it further...to start it off l would have given this guy a piece of my mind on how dare he touch my child and how he was doing nothing wrong just touch and exploring the machine. L would also have told him to stick his store and take my business somewhere else. Just say l would have gone right off  and lost the plot at him - thats just me. l would have gone to the cops and told them the problem and how my child does not understand some things. Then l would have charged him and made sure the man paid for hitting my child as there are laws now in this. l would have pushed so hard in this for that man was wrong and he should NEVER touch a child .

Good luck Libby and l hope you dont go back to this shop, find a better place if you can.

Take care my friend

 I would be outraged...I don't care if he was the store owner.....I would be opening my mouth and the words coming out would not be nice...thats for sure.

 He had no right to smack your child and good for you for going to the police and pressing charges. Maybe he does this a lot to other kids and other parents just aren't as brave as you.

Hope things go well for you

I would certainly go further! I think that is ridiculous! How DARE someone else, ESPECIALLY someone you don't even know smack your child! YOU WERE EVEN THERE!

Some people are UNREAL! Fight for your childs rights... If not for yourself, you MUST do it for him! He needs to know for his own future that it is ok to stand up for your rights! Your other kids need to know that too!

Good on you for making a start by going to the police! Let me know how  you go!

Cheers and good luck! Es...xox