Abuse to Autism Children in School

I followed the story, but I did not want to say anything Because what boils down to, at the end of the day, it is a matter of humanity and Free Market Economics, Capitalism at large...

I can't understand why people take this short of jobs, if they can't handle it... Why do we pretend that we care, when we don't care at all after all about life, especially when it is not in a perfect form?

Special education children should be handled by special education staff, dedicated, specially trained and paid accordingly.

"Paid accordingly? Why", would a Free Market purist will ask? "Those kids are a burden on the society, and no matter how much money we put in them, they will never turn into useful members of the society. It is a bad investment"...

The teacher, or the substitute involved, if the teacher was not there, should not be fired. The two, whatever they were and having that conversation should be charged with abuse of a special needs child, not performing their duties, having private conversations during their job and so forth...

So, what is next? Install video and sound monitoring in the classes, and hiring guards to police the classes?

This is one of the reason why, more and more parents are homeschooling. The home schooled population is not made any longer by "Dysfunctional Religious Fundamentalists" but by desperate parents who are failed by the system...

Actually what has to be done, is to find a way to compensate the parents who are forced to home school in similar cases. The parents who are home schooling, are still paying for services that they are not receiving. They are paying taxes to support the public system, but they can't use it!!!

They should at least be exempt from the taxes which are levied to support the local school system...

Crin, I always hope that science will discover a way to help them. I could not speak when I went to school. Why? They did not know at that time. Today they operate on children like me. I was born with too small of a mouth. My tongue had no room to move around and pronounce the words. Since then, I had all my upper teeth pulled out so they could go and cut the bone in my upper mouth. Today I can speak like everyone else.

I really hope they are going to do something with those kids. On the other hand, why would they do anything at all? They are wired differently then the rest of us, but that does not make them worse or better than the rest of "us normal people". Besides, they have qualities which compensate for their shortcomings, and in certain areas, they may even be better...

I think that we have to work with those among us who think that they are normal, and they are not.

I don't have too many words for those who want to works with kids, but they hate kids... I don't have understanding for those who want to be treated like human beings, but they behave like anything else, but...

I believe this happens way more then anyone can ever imagine. Sadly, it's profiling. And it so damaging to the child on every level...trust, esteem, etc.

Thanks for sharing this Jean.

Thank you, Tim for reading it. It takes a lot of us to get involved.

oh wow that is bad.

Thank you, connie for your comment.

Something should be done. It is a shame. Crin has some suggestions which might be answers to the problem.

Yes, he does and I hope that others can find answers too. Thank you for your comment, William.

What's sad is that this kind of thing also happens to "normal" kids - in day care and in public schools. Unless parents frequent classrooms on a regular basis, there is no way to know. And the schools know that most parents don't ever visit.

Unions need to be ousted from education. And, yes, teachers like this should be both fired and criminally charged with abuse.

I saw several cases in public schools back in the forties. Those children could speak and go home and tell their parents.
I know several day cares that have cameras all around the building and in the rooms.

I Hope they (all in involved) will be charged for Criminal Abuse.

You feel like I do RedBird. Protect the children.

Thanks for sharing on Helping Out One Another

Thank you, Beth for your comment.

I pray and hope all that have abused a child will be charged in any cases such as this.

I do not agree with child abuse of any kind. I also do not agree with child abuse on a special needs child.

Thank you, Mzzz Sweets. I agree child abuse at any level is despicable. If they have a problem with children they need to change occupations.

ASD (autism spectrum disorder) now affects 1 in 88 children in America and is considered an epidemic! Meanwhile the powers that be continue to INCREASE the number of mandated vaccines while DECREASING the age they are being given to our children..... Vaccines and all the toxins being put in them are playing a huge part in this heart breaking crisis and parents are wising up! America is the most vaccinated nation in the world. Why do our children have the worst health?......

Great post, Jean...... Hopefully it will prompt more folks to focus on causes instead of only treatments........

I actually heard the obesity in the mother while pregnant plays a significant factor I whether or not a child is born with autism. This would also explain why there has been a dramatic increase in the number of autism cases in the last 20-30 years.

The thing is we do not know what is the cause of autism is, yet. But, it has been shown that children can exhibit signs of possibly being autistic many months before their first vaccine.

I don't know what causes it. We have to change and protect these children.

Sandy A. we have to do a lot of research to find out in the meantime we all should be trying to help these parents with their children.

This is so awful. People in teaching jobs should LOVE children!!!

Yes they should, Karen.

When I hear stories like this, I physically feel ill. I am (was) a preschool teacher, and I believe love works miracles. Meanness does not. Poor little people with no voice!

I don't know why so many people are shocked to hear about these cases. I was treated horrendously by many teachers and staff at many schools. If any child is different or difficult to handle, they instantly become targets for some people in authority to abuse. Not all teachers are like this, but a significant number are. Some of this treatment is due to frustration by school staff who don't know how to handle kids who are different or special needs. I think there need to be more funding and training for certain teachers and smaller classrooms.

Thank you Desert Darlene for your opinion. Since there are more Autistic children every year being born in this country. I feel we must stand up for children that can't complain themselves.

I am glad that you have picked up this story.
I had posted this about 2-3 days back.
I am glad that you have done this.

Thank you very much, Ed. Your opinion means a lot to me.

If this had happened in my town, I would have paid those teachers a visit.

This is such as sad situation for this child. Special needs teachers and assistants should be screened thoroughly and I feel they should be monitored by cameras in the classrooms.

Thank you, Michelle, I agree we need cameras in special needs classrooms.

I heard about this one. I feel the same as any child if you can't handle rather you are profession or parent then get out of it. If you don't then you should be punished

Thank you, Renee.

Are we talking about a regular public school here, Jean??......

Yes we are Berf, since the public schools started special needs classes for children. I do not believe that the aides or teachers are getting the correct training to handle these children.

You must have anticipated my next question -- LOL......

Because I was going to ask something like: What are autistic children doing in a public school?

I worked in the mental health field for years and here in our state (specific county) the classes are age appropriate at each school level but there is normally only one class. So if its an elementary school all of the special needs kids from that school are in one class room. I was in contact with several teachers at the various schools in our county while I worked and most of them were special needs based teachers, meaning they specifically went into that field (special needs education). The teachers assistants are a different story in most cases. All of the teachers normally receive extra training but it is probably not thorough enough. In my county we were lucky that we seemed to have very caring teachers.
as far as special needs children being in school, it is advocated that they be mainstreamed instead of trying to seclude them from the rest of society. Just because they have more problems than most people does not mean that they deserve a lesser inclusive life.

Part of the problem is the people who work with these children with autism spectrum disorder do not realize that they are not spoiled brats who like to have temper tantrums. I've know children who had aspergers, part of the autistic category. They are wried differently and need time to calm down. They do not take change very well. When you decide to take Control or Charge of them like you might do another child, you will find it just does not work. Imagine when you are stressed out about something and you can't cope, think straight or even have a conversation... this is what happens when these children get overloaded.. the can go from 1 to 100... very quickly on being over loaded and sometimes wind up on the floor because their minds are overloaded. Motivation can work great... but forcing them.. no.

When the teachers find what "normally" works with the other children doesn't work with these children they get frustrated and angry because they think "Don't be a brat"... and they are not being brats. If you look up aspergers, you will learn the children say a lot of the same phrases like "I wish I was dead".... and exhibit the same behavior... it's the disorder, not that the parents "spoil them" the tantrums are from overload or breaking their routine.

If you remember the movie Rainman, the autistic man was in a panic if he could not see the tv show he watched every day. That was part of his routine, break the routine... and the panic ensues. When these kids are going to do something different... like going on a field trip, they have to be prepared and you might have to talk a lot about it, doing a count down of the days. Why because if you spring it on them the day of the field trip.. they might not get their minds around the change.

They are wired differently... and handled with some knowledge it can go well. Try to do what works with other, nope won't work. These kids often have high IQ's .. it's not about being low IQ or "violent tendencies".... it's about them growing up and mastering some control.

One boy told me he didn't want to learn to drive... he wanted to learn to control his anger better first. I told him I was proud of him. How many people have anger issues and don't care. He was smart enough not to do something he wasn't ready for. He is driving and going to college now.

What was vital was he had a mother who fought for him... and did what ever she could to get him what he needed to succeed.

I would like to mention that there are mothers on gather with these children, and there are people who are writers on her that have autism and asperger diagnosis and you might not even realize this...

Some are married and have children just like the rest of us. They can live normal lives... and do.

One of my children had adolescent onset epilepsy and the schools treated him like he had low intelligence. He had a IEP, but before the onset, he was tested reading on a Post High School level in 7th grade. When you deal with people who don't understand all the disabilities, like I said they tend to have misconceptions. I really think the schools need to take another look at how to prepare these teachers on how to deal with these children more effectively.... and when you don't know, you can wind up burned out... and frustrated.

There is no excuse for what these teachers did... none at all... I just know from the children I know and the mothers that ignorance on these conditions is the biggest battle they have... and these people should be aware of the different conditions and the different methods of helping.

One boy I knew wound up in a group home, another went to college... and they both have Aspergers... it makes me sad to think that the one in the group home wound up there might have been because he felt he was isolated, mishandled by the teachers and could only respond with anger because of how he was treated... and this was the only viable solution for him... Too often the child is labeled violent... and clearly as this man's story shows, the boy was acting out because of the horrible treatment by the teachers.

And if you remember the boy that was voted out of the classroom by his teacher and fellow students (there was a lawsuit on that one too) had the same diagnosis... Humiliation is not going to work... it only makes it worse.

I also believe this happens more often than we want to think about....pathetic, not to mention very sad!