Attorneys for the Vancouver couple accused of caging their two autistic boys say there is much more to the story. Johnny McMullen represents John Eckhart: “What a parent would do with an individual child that does not have autism, is obviously significantly different than what a parent would have to do to protect a child from himself, who has autism.” Both Eckhart and Alayna Higdon pleaded not guilty to child imprisonment charges and face a September 26th trial.