Tony, how about the other little NORMAL kids in the class, having to listen to this screaming nightmare all day? Not to mention, living in fear of an assault by young Nathan, who seems quite strong and (let's be frank) has a history of unprovoked violent assault from the rear?
How about medicating your little angel? How abot NOT demanding that your precious be imposed on mainstream classes?
That is not necessarily the parent's fault or wish but the unfunded federal mandate of "least restrictive environment" requiring mainstreaming as the default.
You have to fight to get your kid INTO special ed.
How about not teaching if you can’t even handle a six year old.
Autism cannot be medicated against nor can it be cured, so medication isn’t an option. What could be an option is to make sure their kid has behavioral therapy before he enters the school system.
Personally, I think the poor kid got overstimulated and attacked the teacher. Happens a lot when it comes to Autism.
Odds are that 'medication'is at the root of this. Schools are very quick to push kids off onto the drug pushers.
Tony should fix his child before inflicting him upon others.
That’s the problem with this whole scenario. Too many parents think it’s the responsibility of the government and skools to correct the behavior of their children. It’s NOT.
Just for clarification, I don’t see anywhere that it says that the parents demanded that the boy be mainstreamed. In fact, it seems to imply that the parents might prefer specialized classes - they made a statement about the teachers not being prepared to deal with a boy like this.
I can tell you all, I have a friend at church who has an autistic 3 year old, and he is very difficult to handle. She is a single mom and is doing her best to raise him and teach him, but “NORMAL” methods of discipline and training do not work with him. A spanking doesn’t really teach him anything - you can see it in his eyes - it just doesn’t really register with him why he’s being spanked. That’s not to say there are not times when he gets one, but it just doesn’t have the same effect on him that it does on other children.
The sad thing about autism is that so many people think that the parents are at fault. I’ve seen this girl try to handle this situation, and she’s doing the best job anyone could be asked to do, but there are times when it just overwhelms her and it makes me very sad to see it.