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At least two adults in a classroom, who have been identified as a teacher and teacher’s aide, were picked up on the recording apparently saying awful things to the boy and talking about him.
“You’re just writing the word. What is hard about it?” an adult can be heard saying as the boy grunted in response. The adult then mocked the noise. Later the adult said, “Camden, why don’t you have anything written down? That’s why you can’t sit with everyone. Tell your momma that.”
An adult can also be heard saying, “Let’s see what they do with him in (deleted) public school. He was going to go to Live Oak Middle. Uh ah, he wouldn’t make it for a minute.”
Davis told WBRZ2 that she was extremely upset by what she heard. “I just wanted to cry, scream, and do everything I could because it was so bad,” she said. “To think that I had sent my son there every day, and what had happened before, that I didn’t know about.”
Comments like the ones the school employees allegedly made can be upsetting to children with autism, as they can be for children without the condition, Lisa A. Nowinski, director of clinical psychology and training at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “These comments can lead to increased sadness, anxiety, and low self-esteem,” she says. “These negative comments can impact the way a child with autism interacts with people around them. The child may learn that people are mean, hurtful, or not supportive.”
If you have an autistic child, Asner recommends talking to school officials to make sure that your child’s teacher is certified to teach children with autism, and that the school has annual sensitivity training. “That’s something every teacher should be doing,” he says. Again, it won’t necessarily stop all negative interactions with autistic children, but it can help.
Nowinski recommends that parents of autistic children maintain a close relationship with their child’s school team, ask to meet with the staff who will be working with their child, and check in regularly. Parents should also look out for unexpected changes in behavior, increased social withdrawal, or avoidance of specific people or places, Nowinski says, as this can be a sign that something is off at school." Nowinski recommends that parents of autistic children maintain a close relationship with their child’s school team, ask to meet with the staff who will be working with their child, and check in regularly. Parents should also look out for unexpected changes in behavior, increased social withdrawal, or avoidance of specific people or places, Nowinski says, as this can be a sign that something is off at school.
As for Davis, she says she’s hired an attorney because of the situation and plans to file complaints with the Department of Education. Her advice to parents: “If they’re special needs, look at the situation as to why your child is acting that way, because no child deserves to go through what my child did,” she said.
Source: School employees fired for allegedly mocking a 12-year-old autistic student
At least two adults in a classroom, who have been identified as a teacher and teacher’s aide, were picked up on the recording apparently saying awful things to the boy and talking about him.
“You’re just writing the word. What is hard about it?” an adult can be heard saying as the boy grunted in response. The adult then mocked the noise. Later the adult said, “Camden, why don’t you have anything written down? That’s why you can’t sit with everyone. Tell your momma that.”
An adult can also be heard saying, “Let’s see what they do with him in (deleted) public school. He was going to go to Live Oak Middle. Uh ah, he wouldn’t make it for a minute.”
Davis told WBRZ2 that she was extremely upset by what she heard. “I just wanted to cry, scream, and do everything I could because it was so bad,” she said. “To think that I had sent my son there every day, and what had happened before, that I didn’t know about.”
Comments like the ones the school employees allegedly made can be upsetting to children with autism, as they can be for children without the condition, Lisa A. Nowinski, director of clinical psychology and training at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “These comments can lead to increased sadness, anxiety, and low self-esteem,” she says. “These negative comments can impact the way a child with autism interacts with people around them. The child may learn that people are mean, hurtful, or not supportive.”
If you have an autistic child, Asner recommends talking to school officials to make sure that your child’s teacher is certified to teach children with autism, and that the school has annual sensitivity training. “That’s something every teacher should be doing,” he says. Again, it won’t necessarily stop all negative interactions with autistic children, but it can help.
Nowinski recommends that parents of autistic children maintain a close relationship with their child’s school team, ask to meet with the staff who will be working with their child, and check in regularly. Parents should also look out for unexpected changes in behavior, increased social withdrawal, or avoidance of specific people or places, Nowinski says, as this can be a sign that something is off at school." Nowinski recommends that parents of autistic children maintain a close relationship with their child’s school team, ask to meet with the staff who will be working with their child, and check in regularly. Parents should also look out for unexpected changes in behavior, increased social withdrawal, or avoidance of specific people or places, Nowinski says, as this can be a sign that something is off at school.
As for Davis, she says she’s hired an attorney because of the situation and plans to file complaints with the Department of Education. Her advice to parents: “If they’re special needs, look at the situation as to why your child is acting that way, because no child deserves to go through what my child did,” she said.
Source: School employees fired for allegedly mocking a 12-year-old autistic student
