His lawyer is right. See my post #22 above.
I read the article and can relate to what to the experiences the family of the man have experienced. Florida law requires that a student with these type of disabilities has the right to stay in a high school until age 22. The problem is. it really does not help the student. There are no separate classes for someone this age. My son who is very good at math(was in main stream math), but only has second or third grade reading skills, was kept in the same ESE class with children aged 14, which was not appropriate for an 19-21 year old man. We had issues as soon as he started his senior year, which was the fall of COVID. Wearing a mask all day freaked him out and caused him to react severely. He graduated, but it was a struggle. He landed up only taking 2 classes as he had already met all of his graduation requirements, because his behavior changed for the worse at school. He remained in school(allowed by law in Florida), after he graduated and things took a turn for the worse. He dropped out of the program last year. His behavior in the meantime got worse and worse. He is stable now, but due to medications he has gained 90 plus pounds(needs to lose about 70 pounds—he was previously underweight due to not eating and stress induced vomiting). My husband had to change his work routine and took almost 5 months paid leave(has lots of vacation time accumulated) to help me with our son. I am thankful that he can do some of his work from home. Does this young man, who has the mind a child (who assaulted the teacher) deserve to be thrown in a prison where he can be abused or raped by prisoners who are not intellectually or mentally disabled? He does not belong out in public, but certainly should not be in a “main strea,” state prison.