Hi Nyla4, here are a couple sites i posted before
:blowkiss::blowkiss: Thank you!
Hi Nyla4, here are a couple sites i posted before
:blowkiss::blowkiss: Thank you!
I would like to know more about this "room" they put her in. I've been horrified at the "rooms" autistic kids are put in for time out. Sometimes they are windowless converted supply closets or specifically built jails that are about 6x6 feet with only an observation portal built in. They are locked in with no way out and there is a big problem with that. What if there was a fire and in the ensuing chaos the kid was forgotten about? I have no austistic children and I would be horrified if my child was treated this way.
I do have friends with autistic kids and my heart breaks for what they go through. I see the how badly the school districts treat them and the minimal windowless classrooms their kids are put in, the eyerolls they get because their kid merely has a favorite word like "racecar" they like to say over and over. Many of these parents are putting their autistic children in t-shirts that say I'm autistic, hoping to stave off the rude remarks and actions of the public.
The public needs more information and emphathy towards autism as the numbers are increasing. The very people heaping criticism have a hundreds of percent more likely of chance of giving birth to their own child with autism than a decade ago.
Below is a state by state listing of increase.
http://www.whale.to/a/autism_increase.html
A lawsuit, huh? My friend's nephew had emotional issues, growing up, and would act out physically. Not sure how the state got involved, but they told his mom when he got to be a certain size, he would have be committed. He was.
This little girl's dad can sue the school if he wants, but if those are the stakes, I'd rather have my kid learn control.
I'm homeschooling my kids after this school year. I work as an IEP aide. I have first hand experience and feel for the staff that has to deal with this student. I also feel for the little girl - depending on the parents, she may do better at home instead of thrust into the hands of others.