Update: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25:
Nathan Darnell's family has confirmed to FOX19 that charges in this case have been dropped.
Charges Dropped
Also, more info on the boy, and his parents, here.
Bracken Parents Say System is To Blame
Looks like there is some Oppositional Defiant Disorder as well. Note comments below article.
Well that fact adds a twist to the story. I have a niece who is autistic, a cousin whose son is autistic and I have 2 friends with autistic children and I have never seen any of them become violent. I had a feeling there was more to this story than what was first reported. I worked with a lady whose son had ODD among other things and by the time he was in middle school she had to institutionalize him because he became dangerous. She and her husband were afraid he was going to kill them in their sleep. He had already gone after the father with a knife. Scary. She loved him but just could not handle him.
Thanks for posting the updated information. Interesting to note that (1) the parents had been asking for an Individualized Education Program for their child, and (2) they’d threatened to file charges previously.
So, the parents themselves might not have been demanding their child be “mainstreamed”, as many here presume. On the other hand, they’d threatened to file charges against a school bus driver, so maybe the aide was trying to CYA by filing charges.