[Altariel]

This kid's problem is not his (alleged) autism.

His problem is his enabling mother.

[MrEdd]

The kid is not socially able to be in a public school.

[cherry]

you'll find as the leftist continue to take over, that the sick,the weak, the elderly, and the disabled will be routinely treated with Nazi like punishments.....

expediency of course....

[Clemenza]

Agree, but don a flame suit for those very same enablers who believe that their "precious little autistic angels" should be accommodated by allowing them to slow down learning and cause outbursts when they should be in special education.

Mainstreaming is feel good liberal PC idiocy that harms both the mentally disabled and functional children.

[Responsibility2nd]

"Under absolutely no circumstances it is appropriate to handcuff an elementary aged child in this school district. Period," Brooks stated.

 

 

 

Really? And you'd rather have the kid loose and unrestrained so that he does further harm to himself and others?

 

Good to know. Now go away. You're fired.

[bgill]

The mom’s right. He shouldn’t have been handcuffed. He should have been hog tied so he couldn’t continue kicking people.

[Pollster1]

. . . the boy was out of control and unplugging cords from outlets, throwing chairs and kicking a teacher and a police officer . . .

We can handcuff him and get blamed for that, or we can physically restrain him and get compared to Penn State's issue with young boys. Once the situation reached that level, handcuffs were not out of line. The correct answer would be for the enabling mom to teach her child that actions have consequences, even for him, and that he needs to learn coping mechanisms. The correct answer for the school would have been to distract him before he reached that level. I don't have much hope that common sense will break out on either side of the school-family divide in this situation.

[GoldenPup]

Quesada said she does not think the 4-foot tall, 50-pound boy deserved to be handcuffed.

Right...he deserved a damn good "smack"!!

[Above My Pay Grade]

>>>This kid’s problem is not his (alleged) autism.
His problem is his enabling mother. <<<

And you know this, how?

The kid clearly needed to be disciplined, but handcuffing a 7 year old is unnecessary, idiotic and abusive.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

APS superintendent says handcuffing boy, 7, was inappropriate

I agree. It sounds like a streight jacket would have been more appropriate.

[ex91B10]

"Under absolutely no circumstances it is appropriate to handcuff an elementary aged child in this school district. Period," Brooks stated."

Just leave them be to do physical harm to the rest of the children present. Brilliant reasoning Mr. Brooks.