School puts autistic child in isolation
The Autism News | English
SAN ANTONIO —Tonya Wells says she took pictures of educators isolating her autistic son in a room without a desk or chair. The concerned mom believes her son’s rights were violated at Langley Elementary School on September 15th. The six year old can be seen on a floor or near a wall with an aide nearby.
After meeting with Northside administrators, Wells decided to pull her son out of school–teaching him at home. She has received a notice from NISD about her son’s absence but doesn’t plan to send him back to Langley, just yet. She believes the district doesn’t understand proper procedures for dealing with autistic children who are mainstreamed into classrooms.
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Marinea says: That is an outrage. I work with special needs children, my specialty is with autism and that is a definite violation of their rights. It makes me sick that they don’t care enough to learn the proper way to accommodate their needs. All teachers and people working with children or human services for that matter should be made and want to know about Autism and all special needs. Especially in education since they typically mainstream them. They are precious people and remind me of those tshirts that are plain to the eye but in the sun light up with the color. They need people to be that sunshine for them. This is an outrage. Isolating the child by himself with no desk, no chair, and with no seemingly probable cause should be a crime. There are better ways to handle things if they believed their was a real danger and it seems to me that someone was just abusing their authority based on their own irritations. It is cruel and sick and I hope someone does something about it!
