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10-year-old with autism arrested at Florida school
cnn ^ | April 21, 2017 | Jacqueline Howard, CNN

Posted on 04/21/2017 8:18:44 PM PDT by Morgana

CNN)When John Haygood, a 10-year-old boy with autism, was arrested last week at a school in Florida, he kept repeating that he didn't know what was happening, as seen in shaky cellphone video taken by his mother. "I don't know what's going on. I don't understand," he cried out. In the video, his hands are cuffed as two officers escort him to the back seat of a police car. His mother, Luanne Haygood, followed behind them while recording the incident on her phone. In the video, John appears distraught, and yells some profanities.

Luanne is heard in the video speaking to the officers, "Excuse me, do you have any paperwork or anything you can say to me?"

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: arth; autism; donutwatch; education; elementaryschool; fl; florida; grammarschool; leo; luannehaygood; okeechobee; schools; specialed
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To: Morgana

His warrant was outstanding and still in effect. Sorry you don’t get a pass because you have mental health issues. In reading all of the story it sounds as if the this boy will now get additional help that he needs..


21 posted on 04/21/2017 8:57:26 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I know you think you are being clever but you are not. This is an aide that has been assigned to a classroom for extra help with students


22 posted on 04/21/2017 8:59:30 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

The title is foreign to me.


23 posted on 04/21/2017 9:00:59 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Moonman62

No. Autism doesn’t make him speak or necessarily act in that manner. His mom is probably inconsistent with him at home making the situation worse


24 posted on 04/21/2017 9:02:08 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Theo

Pay attention! He was arrested for battery against the paraprofessional. In other words, as it seems to me, he resisted the paraprofessional attempt to restrain him.

You know what? I had that job once. I got scratched. I didn’t complain.


25 posted on 04/21/2017 9:04:55 PM PDT by dr_lew (I)
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To: Morgana

H.O.M.E.S.C.H.O.O.L. - now.

What is it about child abuse that parents don’t understand? What will it take for them to wake up?


26 posted on 04/21/2017 9:11:31 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Morgana

When teachers were no longer able to enforce discipline, like paddling, the teachers have to resort to calling the police.


27 posted on 04/21/2017 9:12:09 PM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: Coleus

“the cops are idiots. It’s no wonder why they don’t know how to handle thugs and street crimes.”

Kid was accused of a serious crime. That requires police involvement. They handcuff suspects *for everyone’s safety* and put them in the back seat.


28 posted on 04/21/2017 9:13:12 PM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen)
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To: Coleus

The cops aren’t idiots————most of the people they with on a daily basis are,though.

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29 posted on 04/21/2017 9:14:46 PM PDT by Mears
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To: TigerClaws
The new stupid model of putting ‘special needs’ kids into regular classes is a horrendous mistakes. Teachers spend 90% of their time with one kid while the rest suffer.

"Mainstreaming," they call it. It's not fun. I mean, some kids do okay, but there's about 30% who are really a handful.

30 posted on 04/21/2017 9:22:44 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: dr_lew

Yeah, maybe it was overreaction from the adults in the room. Maybe. We just don’t have enough information to say decisively, either way.


31 posted on 04/21/2017 9:24:10 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Theo

“Maybe the kid’s violent assault and battery — hitting other students, punching, kicking, leaving scratches and marks “

Funny as the kid is being arrested he’s screaming “I don’t like being touched” and the mom is saying “he’s autistic he does not like being touched” Yet he did a lot of touching of other people while in class. Strange is that not?


32 posted on 04/21/2017 9:25:20 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Nifster

Why did they not spank his butt for what he did? Or expel him?


33 posted on 04/21/2017 9:26:41 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Theo

The school would not be giving him a paraprofessional (aide) if he weren’t impaired.


34 posted on 04/21/2017 9:27:45 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative
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To: Theo

If he has a paraprofessional, then he has an IEP for his disability. I’m sure the mom is correct in saying he has Autism.


35 posted on 04/21/2017 9:31:49 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: Yulee

Okay. Thanks for the correction.

Mainstreaming is a disaster in most cases IMHO.

Hope the parents can get help. Sad the police were called, but the staff of a school is facing lawsuit if they restrained the boy.


36 posted on 04/21/2017 9:32:16 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

In order for some kids to function in the mainstream of schools, they need special attention. The paraprofessional is like a dedicated attendant that accompanies the student to his or her classes in order to be on hand if something should come up. The paraprofessional is an employee of the school and works with the child from the time they get off the bus in the morning until the time they get on the bus in the afternoon. If for some reason the paraprofessional is absent, they get a substitute.


37 posted on 04/21/2017 9:33:08 PM PDT by webheart (All comments are considered to be sarcasm unless otherwise noted,)
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To: NorthstarMom

What is a “paraprofessional”?


38 posted on 04/21/2017 9:34:46 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Slyfox

“When teachers were no longer able to enforce discipline, like paddling, the teachers have to resort to calling the police.”

I quite agree. If his teachers or “paraprofessional” had got out the “board of education” on him maybe he would have cut the crap.


39 posted on 04/21/2017 9:37:02 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: MrShoop

Federal law requires every child must be “educated”. They even force parents to send anacephalic (born with very little brain tissue and very small heads) kids to school, who have the mental age of an young infant, and physically grow no bigger than a 4 year old. Obviously, some of the children sent to school, get no benefit from it. But there are all types of mental impairments, from the anacephalic to the high functioning autistic kids. Every parent holds out hope that their child can reach their maximum potential, but some kids are so impaired, they get nothing out of going to school.


40 posted on 04/21/2017 9:39:58 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative
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