My wife, a teacher in Katy ISD, tells me it is not unusual to have autistic kids in a mainstream classroom, but that there are often problems as a result.
The kid was undergoing a "temper tantrum." Autistic children can go "berserk" not realizing the implications of their actions. I note that there were some adults injured.
Lastly, this is a perfect situation for the mother to sue the school district and the school district to settle for millions of taxpayer dollars out of court. The taxpayers of that school district--and ultimately all Texans--will pay the price.
I'd like to know more than just this silly "Hard Copy" style sensationalized report from "News2Houston."
IMO, local television news is the ultimate in hype, sensationalism and distortion of facts in order to increase ratings.
This is November--"sweeps" month. Does anyone here think that the TV news producers won't stoop to sensationalizing a situation like this to drive up ratings?
This is November--"sweeps" month.
Good point. Your opinion of local TV news is absolutely correct. That could be the case here, but handcuffing a child seems a little extreme.
But, then we have to parse the words--we must define "handcuffing," etc. and see if the TV news hacks are using the definitions the same way most of us would or are using "shock words" (what Dylan Thomas called "chopped and chisled evocative shock phrases") to drive up ratings.
All to often I have fallen for the teaser only to sit through the commercial break and say "Oh, THAT'S all it is....."