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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

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To: Morgana

Your ignorance is astounding. You think autistics adhere to logic and consistency in every facet of life? Do ANY ten year olds do that? Autism is a diagnosis based on the presence of inconsistencies and/or “bad wiring”.


41 posted on 04/21/2017 9:42:10 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Morgana

It’s a name they came up with for non professionals to make them sound more important. In this case probably a person with no or very little education or training in the field who was likely just paid to act as the kid’s personal attendant.


42 posted on 04/21/2017 9:42:32 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
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To: Theo

I don’t see how the adults in the room are the controlling factor. Why were charges brought? “Let’s put this uncontrollable kid into a normal classroom and then charge him with assault when the inevitable happens.” Insanity.


43 posted on 04/21/2017 9:43:51 PM PDT by dr_lew (I)
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To: Morgana

A paraprofessional is a person hired to work with/assist special ed students. It’s not uncommon for a special needs student to have his own paraprofessional as some disabilities require that much help.

A paraprofessional is not a licensed teacher, no degree required and the pay is usually right around minimum wage to start.


44 posted on 04/21/2017 9:46:02 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: Theo
you call the police then and there...not several months later....

ridiculous...

45 posted on 04/21/2017 9:46:43 PM PDT by cherry
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To: NorthstarMom

He’s no Rainman.


46 posted on 04/21/2017 9:47:44 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Before Bruce Jenner there was Mike Penner.)
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To: MrShoop

its the LAW to send your kids to school....


47 posted on 04/21/2017 9:48:11 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Nik Naym

... Attendant! That’s the word. That’s what I was. But not a “personal” attendant, you know.


48 posted on 04/21/2017 9:48:41 PM PDT by dr_lew (I)
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To: Nifster

that’s it....lets blame the mom....


49 posted on 04/21/2017 9:49:05 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Morgana

I normally have a great deal of sympathy for people with mental and physical disabilities, but even I’m getting tired of the way autistic kids are being allowed to be just plain vicious.

This little punk in question had previously threatened to kill the paraprofessional; the school let it slide, and gave the punk multiple opportunities to change his behavior. He then escalates his behavior into felony assault, and his mother expects the school to let that slide, too?

So the poor widdle babykins doesn’t like to be touched? Well, people don’t like to be beaten up, either. I’m sick of hearing about how parents and teachers need to tiptoe around and use “strategies” to deal with these little psychos. Beat his @$$ with a belt when he gets violent; if the little diva-boy doesn’t like to be touched, he’ll quickly learn that he will be hurt when he hurts others.

I remember there was a kid like this in my class at school. In addition to being mean, he was also a pervert, bothering the girls. Boys and girls were all afraid of him, and of course, the teachers never did anything to intervene when he went on a rampage. One day, he started in on some girls, including my cousin. Tired of his B.S., she turned around and kicked him in the crotch so hard, that he screamed and fell to the floor.

Amazingly enough, that aspect of his “autism” was cured that day, and he never bothered the girls again.


50 posted on 04/21/2017 9:50:01 PM PDT by lbtbell
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To: Flaming Conservative; cherry

To be more clear, kids with severe issues used to be sent to separate schools or separate classes, they now are legally forced to be in regular classes with normal kids. Not good for either group.


51 posted on 04/21/2017 9:52:09 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: Teacher317

Screw you! The kid said one thing then did another!


52 posted on 04/21/2017 9:52:27 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Nik Naym

“It’s a name they came up with for non professionals to make them sound more important. In this case probably a person with no or very little education or training in the field who was likely just paid to act as the kid’s personal attendant.”

So basically just an aide?


53 posted on 04/21/2017 9:54:14 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: webheart
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.

That's not necessarily so. Sometimes one or more paras are assigned to a classroom, not a particular child, and in the event the para or paras don't show up, it's just too bad for the teacher. She might have to deal with multiple developmental/behavioral problems up to including violence or diaper changing all by herself.

I'm sure it varies by school and district, but that is the reality of SPED teachers.

54 posted on 04/21/2017 9:54:29 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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To: TigerClaws
The new stupid model of putting ‘special needs’ kids into regular classes is a horrendous mistakes.

I agree. In some instances, children with such low functionality that they literally cannot tie their own shoes or hold a crayon are forced upon teachers with the demand that they teach them arithmetic and document their (required) progress.

It's all about the Benjamins.

55 posted on 04/21/2017 9:57:31 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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To: MrShoop
One of the many problems with public schools is that parents dump mentally ill kids in them like they some sort of psychiatric institution, and state and federal laws force the schools to go out of their way to manage them. It is incredibly difficult and disruptive, and not good for anyone except the parents who get free daycare/healthcare.

Bingo.

56 posted on 04/21/2017 9:58:43 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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To: lbtbell

“I normally have a great deal of sympathy for people with mental and physical disabilities, but even I’m getting tired of the way autistic kids are being allowed to be just plain vicious.

This little punk in question had previously threatened to kill the paraprofessional; the school let it slide, and gave the punk multiple opportunities to change his behavior. He then escalates his behavior into felony assault, and his mother expects the school to let that slide, too?...”

Well as other FReepers, including myself have pointed out wonder if he really was.

Like I said he was screaming “I don’t want to be touched” when police arrested him yet he was “touching” a lot of others when he hit, kick, bite and did other things to them.

Think about it, to bite someone is very personal, yet he does not like to be “touched”? Okay I’m not buying it, the whole thing is a hoax.

Either way expel him since he can’t behave.


57 posted on 04/21/2017 9:58:54 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Exactly. We called them teacher’s aides way back in the 70s when I was in school.


58 posted on 04/21/2017 10:03:55 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
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To: Morgana

Because he had a warrant out for his arrest


59 posted on 04/21/2017 10:11:02 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: cherry

Sometimes parents contribute to their children’s behaviour....goid or bad


60 posted on 04/21/2017 10:13:16 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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