"You thought he would be better off dead" | Chicago Med 

That was so sad and unfortunately it happens in real life . Parents/ grandparents care for someone with special needs there comes a time when they can't and that young person has no understanding of what happened. I worked with children/ young adults with special needs it is heartbreaking.

this is honestly one of the saddest episodes ever.

This is the the first episode that's ever made me cry 😢 could literally feel the grandma's pain & Alexander's despair ..

It's hard enough to lose the only Family you have left, Let's even harder if you have artism or related abilities.

The actor playing Alexander did an excellent job at portraying how Autism looks for some on the spectrum. I wonder if the actor is Autistic himself or has family on the spectrum.

This is so sad how the grandma feels 😢

this episode is so sad i dont think i could be in that position to be honest

This is just a 10 minute clip from a 40 something minute long episode and I already am tearing up.

as someone who has autism themself, i feel for Alexander regardless of him just being a character for a show, like some people would say.

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I understand that she may have tried group homes or other places to help get care for her grandson, but that still doesn't excuse her actions. There's something to be said for easing someone into a change in routine. From my understanding (and please correct me if I'm wrong): individuals on the spectrum feel more secure in situations when they have a very specific and structured daily routine. From the way it was framed, I kind of doubt that the grandmother tried to ease her grandson into a change of routine and I think easing him into a new routine with a guardian would be good. Doing things like having the guardian visit while the grandmother is still around in order to have him get familiar with the guardian would probably go a long way. The visits could start off short and then increase in length over time, but it would allow the grandson to get accustomed to having a new person around aside from his grandmother.

I really wish she had reached out to an autism support group and workers before this stage

Alexander's bravery is admirable!

I like how the patients always use these fancy words like metastatized instead of simply spread to and other stuff..

Wouldn't Grandma get arrested?

A relative of mine with additional needs recently went into a specialised home. They're absolutely thriving, and seem to be living their best possible life, and thank god the transition was relatively simple. But boy was it tough on everyone else. The fear that someone else might not know them as well as you, might not recognise signs, might inadvertantly (or deliberately) mistreat them, and while they're so incredibly vulnerable too... Urgh, it's just the worst. And this episode did such a good job of portraying that fear and concern.

I mean, she did technically commit a crime (attempted murder)…

This is why big families stay together, help each other. Such isolated families break up and have to suffer so much. Privacy word has taken wrong turns in such occassions.

it brought me to legit tears

I actually started crying

This made me cry so much it so sad

She should have been arrested for attempted murder regardless of her circumstance. I'm saying this as both a social worker and a disabled person. Caregiver burnout is very real, but it does not justify these actions.

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My heart hurts so much. There is help out there in real life, it’s there if you keep looking.

As some one who has a family member on the spectrum and has a possible chance on being on the spectrum, I definitely see that Alexander is somewhere on the spectrum. The blowout and what not is a big sign and having nervous breakdowns without his grandma. What sucks is the actor most likely doesn’t have autism.

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But where is his parents?

I'm sorry but when will you post Chicago PD clips? You posted one a few weeks ago, and since then it's only Fire and Med all the time! there is no balance in your posting! And also, plz if you do finally post PD, post smth new, from old, rare episodes we don't see often because all One Chicago channels have this tendency to post the same clips, from the same episodes over and over again! yet you have so many episodes, and so many great action scenes to choose from, especially from PD!

in b4 they change the title

I feel bad for Alexander😢he has autism

Hi

I am hlp him

confusing

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Cards copy the the Australian blue heilers episode that came earlier.