> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:45:08 -0400, St.Jackanapes wrote:
>

>>
>> William R. Cousert says...
>>

>>>
>>> "Braeden Appeal" yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9ABE8B40BF921braedenappeal@69.16.176.253...

>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Braeden is a seven year old boy from Houston who suffers from Asperger's
>>>> syndrome, a form of Autism. Braeden's mother is a single parent, and she
>>>> struggles every day to provide the care and attention he needs at home,
>>>> living off disability payments in order to prevent Braeden being
>>>> institutionalized.
>>>>
>>>> Asperger's children can only learn their social behaviors through direct
>>>> experience, and whilst Braeden learns a lot at school, he needs to be able
>>>> to interract with other children through the summer at this critical
>>>> period
>>>> in his development.
>>>>
>>>> We have launched this appeal to raise $555 to send Braeden to Victory Camp
>>>> where he can experience the outdoor life, be active, make new friends, and
>>>> most crucially, further develop his social skills. Any help you can give
>>>> would be hugely appreciated, and if you like, we can add your name to our
>>>> donors page.
>>>>
>>>> Please visit us on the web...http://braeden.freehostia.com/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Donations can be made through PAYPAL to mymymaiya@yahoo.com
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reading and thank you in advance for your help.

>>>
>>> How do we know that this boy exists, or that money sent to your paypal
>>> account will actually be used to send him to camp?

>>
>>
>> The mentally ill guy who posted this is a kooky Canadian who is adult in
>> age yet mentally about 11 years of age - or younger. He has Asberger's
>> Syndrome and if you've read the link about Asberger's that he supplied
>> on the web page, you'd learn that these people live in a fantasy world
>> of their own makings. He has come in here claiming to have married his
>> adopted sister, served in a war with the Canadian Army, claimed to be a
>> psychologist with the Ontario Police, a guard in an Ontario prison, a
>> physiologist in same prison system - it goes on and on. Those afflicted
>> with the mental disorder Asberger's (a milder form of complete Autism)
>> are terribly clumsy in social situations and have no empathy for the
>> feelings of the people they interact with in their bizarre and weird
>> ways - like this sorry attempt to win our sympathy for this nonexistent
>> child.

>
> And scam a bit of cash in the process.