What, because the kid is autistic he doesn't have the capability to cheat on XBL?  What does him being Autistic HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!  I'm sure all they did was look at some online only cheevs that he didn't have a date stamp by.  This equals cheater.  How do you unlock online only cheevs while playing offline.  I love the "my child would never do that" parents.

Not to offend him but someone bearly even capable to speak properly is accused with cheating/hacking? *** you, Microsoft. That's so *** up.

The real question is why that mother is letting her 11 year old play all those violent games.

makes me want to sell my xbox

I don't think an 11 year old kid, especially one that is autistic, should be playing such violent games (I don't know if he was really playing dead rising or if that was just Fox's example). Still, it sucks that Microsoft took away his gamerscore, and I hope the issue is resolved soon.

All these comments saying "How could they!", or anything similar, are ridiculous. So Microsoft punished him unfairly just because he says he wasn't cheating? Just because he's autistic doesn't mean he doesn't know how to cheat or shouldn't be punished for doing so. If MS reset his achievements then he probably did something wrong.

I also don't see how resetting his achievements ruins his "only social outlet". They didn't ban him. It's really not that big of a deal.

I don't see how a child of his age, with 360 Live as his only outlet, would have the want/ know how to cheat. If you look at news stories and records, this isn't uncommon for a child with such mental issues to latch on to a game of any kind and just master it. The colors, the ability to understand and master something, it gives them a feeling they can't get socially. I just think it's a shame that he doesn't know why and probably never will why this happened. And on the off chance that cheating was involved, guarantee he had no idea what he was doing/participating in was cheating.

Some of you folks are laughably ignorant. The folks at XBox Live do not do an extensive background check into a person before they ban them. They only have evidence on their end to deal with. They have no clue who this kid is, or that he is even autistic. He had his gamerscore reset for evidence collected on his gamertag.

Don't get me started on his mother who only turns out looking like she is mad that her favorite babysitter (the 360) is now ruined. There are plenty of even free outlets out there for kids with autism. For her to call that his only outlet makes me want to slap her mouth before she finishes saying it. It is his only outlet becuase she is refusing to do anything else with him.

Let's also disregard the fact that the kid is shown playing an "M" rated game at the age of 11. That is far too young for that in my book.

In short, all you ignorant haters should back up a step before even trying to consider that this kid's autism was ANY factor in him being banned or not.

Honestly, I think there is something behind both sides. But Microsoft seems to refuse to give any details, either that or they make it almost impossible to get it. But with this going to the media I do believe that something will come out of this. Maybe Microsoft should look into a claim and talk with the accused before labeling them? Or at least notify them before taking away all the achievements. That gives time for contact and possibly an investigation if needed. Or maybe they could just not have the label system for cheaters. It's usually apparent if someone cheats and mods their way through the scores.

Whatever his illness is, if he cheated then he deserves the cheater title. If he didnt then Microsoft must fix that. That's my point

How is this considered news?

Not much you can do here. Xbox Live has systems in place to look for suspicious activity. Perhaps his account was being exploited.

Sure the one time M$ does strike back and it's against a boy with mental issues.  Shame on you M$, give the kid his score back!

How do you cheat to get an achievement? There's no codes or hacks to get them, is there? This sounds rather odd to me. But then again I hate Xbox 360 as it is...

Microsoft was 100% in the right to ban the account. Funny how, just because the kid is autistic, this instantly means that Microsoft should reverse their decision, pay the mother infinity bajillion dollars for life and come out in public saying that their the most evil, money-hungry, heartless, doody-headed company to ever exist. Yet if Microsoft had banned some random guy for it there would be no sympathy for him. Fact of the matter is, he was flagged as a cheater and was punished for it. No if, ands, or buts about it. Does it suck for him to have his score reset, especially if it was unwarranted? Yes. However, if it wasn't for people who actually DO do this, Microsoft wouldn't have to be so defensive when it comes to erroneous means.

wow, if he wasnt cheating Microsoft should reimburse them. But they should also investigate more throughouly before labeling somebody a cheater

Another reason why I no longer play xbox. I hate microsoft for stuff just like this, and that they take all the money they can get. I mean, yeah, its okay to label an autistic kid a cheater and dont even look at his xbox or anything, right? no!

And they can't even PROVE weather he was cheating or not?

Microsoft... such a racist and prejudice company... sigh...

I have issues with microsoft AND the mother. First of all, it doesn't seem like microsoft has any evidence of the kid cheating at all.  That's a low move.  The kid's autistic, and he, let alone the mother, isn't given any info as to why this happened.  But this kid's mom needs to find a way to get the kid off the couch.  I know he's autistic, but there are other ways for children with autism to spend their time other than just playing video games.