Is he so disabled that he didn’t know that punching someone and lying are wrong? If he has the ability to go to college I have to wonder how truly impaired he is.

A disability is not an excuse for bad behavior! If your friend is incapable of understanding that punching someone and lying is unacceptable behavior then maybe he needs to be in a special home/institution somewhere with trained people who can deal with this, not out in the general population (especially on a college campus) where other people can get hurt.

Your friend needs to accept responsibility for his actions, serve out his consequences, and get the counseling, medication, or whatever help is necessary so this doesn’t happen again. Just saying that he is “special needs” does not get him off the hook and does not give him license to do whatever he wants to. It’s cases and parents like this that give special education students and their issues a bad reputation.

It’s time for your friend to grow up and face the music. If he’s got too many special needs to understand what he’s doing then he doesn’t need to be in college, or anywhere in society. Would you want to be in line behind him at the bank and have him turn around and hit you? Would you want to wait on him at a store and have him beat you up if something rings up incorrectly? Absolutely not, and it’s wrong to put others in danger because of your friend.

I know this may not be the answer that you want to hear, but it’s true. You don’t have to stop being his friend – your support is important to him – but take an objective look at the situation, and stay out of it. He is legally an adult, and he is responsible for his own behavior.

What a great concern and frienship

wish you both a well lived life

no need to worry, I hope the state have good wisdom and give him a good judgement