I agree with you 100%.
Which is why I maintain that Alex needs to be warehoused with other headbangers and given proper supervision.
In most cases, a child with autism would be in a small class with a few students, a specially trained teacher and aide. I’d prefer not to consider that ‘warehousing.’ They don’t know yet if he’s going to be diagnosed with autism and, if so, how severe it is. A kid I grew up with certainly acted like he was autistic, but today is a successful attorney. No one suffered from being in class with him.
In today’s public schools boys can’t act like boys, and if they do they are handed a label ... and usually ritalin. It may be that Alex is seriously autistic, or it could be ADHD, or it could be that he is simply overly energetic. Clearly his parents are trying to achieve some kind of diagnosis and it is hard to imagine they have not met with the school’s administrators.
In any case, he did not deserve the treatment he received from his teacher and classmates.