This “teacher” needs to lose not only this job, but her teaching credentials as well. I don’t understand Autism or Asperger’s, but I’m pretty sure a group denunciation is not an effective treatment method.
If I were the kid’s parent, I’d be doing more than “considering” legal action.
Children are savages and need to be trained to behave. You don't let them vote on who stays in the classroom. The kindergarten teacher must watch too much “Survivor.”
You got that right. Our 11 yr old probably has Aspergers (we homeschool and haven't yet had her "officially" tested - not sure we will) and her reaction would have been profound humiliation, complete lack of understanding, copious amounts of tears, and utter terror at the notion she might ever have to return to class.
Oh, and my reaction would have been ugly. My husband and I are absolutely appalled by this story.
Our daughter is highly intelligent and quite proficient in school - with facts and figures she is a wiz, loves history, reading, loves to write, and while she is very good at math, she hates it for one reason - story problems, because she lacks the ability to deductively reason.
Socially she has a very hard time with peers (as Aspergers kids do - probably this five year old is having a terrible time adjusting to the socialization of kindergarten and practicing proper exchanges), although she loves small children and can hold her own in an adult conversation. As a result she comes across as awkward and trying too hard and no doubt some of her peers think she is strange or annoying. She wouldn't have done very well at all in public school, and I thank God every week that He put such a strong desire in my heart to homeschool her, even though it was unexpected at the time.
Aspergers kids also lack coordination, can be obsessive about some subjects of interest, can be socially naive - lacking understanding about social norms, and may have physical tics, like rocking or hand motions. My daughter has some intense phobias too. But they're usually very smart, generally function just fine, and as grown ups may be considered eccentric.