Family Claims Autistic Son Hit On School Bus

[sherri79]

Not to be the difficult one but I have to say I think most teachers and aides in these situations would LOVE for the cameras to be there. A teacher was fired in a school my sister worked out for 'abuse' to an autistic child - the teacher's story was that the child became violent and she was attempting to control him so he wouldn't hurt the other students. The teacher was 5 ft tall 98 lbs- the kid outweighed her by a good 50 lbs. The parents wouldn't hear of it and threatened to sue the school if she wasn't fired and marked as ineligible for hire in the district..

So she was fired.... life went on for a couple months until the same student lost control again.. picked up a chair in the room and hit the new teacher with it. She lost the majority of vision in 1 eye from it - I know both of the teachers involved personally and the parents made no apology to either for their or their son's actions. Just pulled him out and wrote a formal letter to the district blaming both of the teachers for their inability to control the child.

Not that it was justified in this case I am just saying we shouldn't immediately jump to the conclusion that the teacher, aide or bus driver is awful in all cases.

i started this thread and updated it yesterday and started a thread for a 11 year old that tried to push another child into traffic and may have broken a officers nose before she was tazered. i agree we can not assume when violence happens in a school setting that the adult is at fault. in this case i see no reason to destroy the tape if the child was the violent type.

 

[iNTERESTEDWOMAN]

Wow and my autistic son is the total opposite. He is so quiet & shy. He would stand there & let someone hurt him and never even think to defend himself. He don't have the Autism with the violent tendencies so I have no experience with that at all. But SteveHuff said it best. Out of all my children my son with Autism tugs at my heart. I could see how someone could EASILY harm him & he would never tell me. He will be 10 soon and I am already worrying about when he becomes an adult. I worry about when I get old and die he will be a grown man but probably will still require care.

:blowkiss: I know EXACTLY how you feel. I've had full blown panic attacks just thinking about it. My son is almost 16 now, and has matured majorly in the last 6 years, but he's still my little boy. He will always need help. I pray my youngest son, (Who was a heart of gold) will be his guardian down the road.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

After I read this, I made a call to insure my grandson's bus had a fully functional and presently working camera on it. It does. You cannot take anything for granted when dealing with any of our children, particularly when they have special needs.

There is another thread in the JR about an autistic girl who was put in the "hold" for 2 hours and bruised terribly by her Principal and others. It is quite disturbing, too. A must read for parents dealing with these issues.

 

[justche]

Ya got me! My husbands sister teaches special education and hates kids!!! :waitasec: Can't figure it out myself.

Yo9u know I came right out and asked her! She said the benefits were great and she loved having summers off

It seems like that would be a great interview question - geez louise

 

[Amraann]

I just now saw this story and it makes me ill. The attendant and driver on my autistic son's bus are wonderful people and they love those kids. Still, a story like this makes me want to just keep him by me 24/7 and never let him around anyone who hasn't been thoroughly vetted, background-checked, you name it. You're protective of your children -- that's a given -- but when you have an autistic kid it's ratcheted up about 10 notches over normal. I hope this family gets solid justice and money out of that school system.

Steve, after dealing with the Florida school system I DO keep my son with me 24/7.

 

[bigbuck]

Somebody needs to show what a little media attention can do to the woman in the jury room who's daughter was hurt. I myself drive him to and pick up my autistic son from preschool.

 

[Amraann]

Somebody needs to show what a little media attention can do to the woman in the jury room who's daughter was hurt. I myself drive him to and pick up my autistic son from preschool.

I think I did post that to her.

 

[bigbuck]

I think I did post that to her.

Cool, I think I will add the link to this story so she can read it.