"He didn’t have any weapon on him. He didn’t even have a pencil."
E-mailed by Liz at I Speak of Dreams, two items of concern from Autism Vox:
Aide Files Charges Against 6-year-old
Charges have been filed against an autistic 6-year-old, Nathan Darnell, of Brooksvile, Kentucky, by a teacher’s aide, Glenda Schlitz. As reported in the September 19th Ledger Independent, "According to his parents... 6-year-old Nathan had allegedly refused to eat his breakfast at school and was told by the teacher’s aide in the cafeteria he could lay his head down if he ate his breakfast. When he did not do it, the aide started to leave the area. Nathan then allegedly pushed the aide, Glenda Schlitz and caused her to fall to her knees... Then, on Sept. 13, the Darnells received notice of fourth-degree assault charges filed Sept. 11, against Nathan by Schiltz..."
Six years old. And this:
Would you want him Tased or hit by a car?
That’s what Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County sheriff’s department said in defense of sheriff’s deputies use of a Taser stun gun on a 15-year-old Taylor Karras. Karras, who has autism, had fled from his parents during a visit to the Regional Center of Orange County in Westminster about 11:30 a.m. Monday. Karras had gone there for counseling, which he did not want... About nine hours later, his mother saw him about one block from their home — 16 miles from the center — on the ground and handcuffed by deputies...
What a world.
3 Comments:
Schlitz should never have become a teacher's aide. I hope the parents revolt.
What is even more frightening is that this sort of thing is more common than one might suppose. A couple of years ago there was an incident where a grade schooler here in Idaho was verbally acting out; by himself in the classroom and not being physically aggressive, the school's security camera catches one of Nampa, Idaho's "finest" come rushing in, throw the kid to the floor, slap on the cuffs, and jerk the kid off the floor and toss him towards the door.
As the parent of an autistic child, I shudder to think of what might happen to her if she were to encounter any of our local gendarme without either myself her mother around. With autism and autism spectrum disorders on the rise, why aren't the police being trained in dealing with those individuals? I wish that I could provide a reasonable answer to that question.
I am the grandparent of a child with Aspergers Syndrome on the spectrum. It is hard for me to believe that a teacher would be so callous as to charge a 6 year old. It seems that someone this age and size could handle a six year old. God will judge her.
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