Autistic sixth-grader suffers videotaped beating at a bus stop in Cecil County
The Autism News | English
Disturbing video has surfaced of a autistic boy in Cecil County who is punched by another boy while other children watch.
The victim, Kaleb Kula, is a sixth-grader at Elkton Middle School.
“I knew I was probably going to get injured,” he told ABC-2 News. “I wasn’t really scared because I knew what would happen.”
Kaleb also said he’s been the victim of bullying at school for years. He’s been diagnosed with a form of autism, along with attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder.
“At least kids that don’t have special needs can defend themselves a little bit more. He’s pretty much defenseless,” said his father, James Kula.
During a typical day at school Kaleb says the other kids: “Call me homosexual. They try kicking me, pushing me, punching me, and a lot of other things.”
His parents say they’ve made dozens of requests for help.
“It’s very stressful I mean you worry all the time, is he going to have a good day, are they going to do anything about when he has trouble with other students,” said Kaleb’s mother, Jessica Kula.
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