The problem I have with this is the child's autism is a known condition.

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The problem I have with this is the child's autism is a known condition. If it's a known condition then how could the school not know how to deal with it and how could the police not know how to handle a 10 year old? Even had the kid been cuffed, which is SOP for police, sending him involuntarily to a mental institution, or Baker Acting, was extremely out of line. 
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/10-year-old-boy-autism-treated-police-state/#fIPgF62VFzfgZlZF.30

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Tobias Harms said…
Gah, I usally don't swear and I don't want to start now but this is truely FUBAR.
To treat a child like this, with our without autism is appalling.
September 5, 2014 at 12:18 PM
Shawn W Dunn said…
Yeah, that's about the level of competency I expect from most school administrators and LEO's anymore.
September 5, 2014 at 12:28 PM
Martha Velazquez said…
So wrong what happened to this child. I hope he can eventually recover from this unnecessary trauma.
September 5, 2014 at 12:49 PM
Jason ON said…
If you read the article, Martha Velazquez, you know as much as I do.
September 5, 2014 at 1:09 PM
Marla Caldwell said…
I agree with Martha Velazquez . This was so wrong on so many levels. First, the child's teacher should be trained to deal with children with ASD and if s/he isn't, then the child needs a different teacher. Second, the administration should have contacted the parents, or if available, a special education ASD specialist to deal with the child acting out, NOT law enforcement. Third, the child's father should have had immediate access to the child upon arrival, as long as he was on the list of adults approved to pick up the child (it certainly sounds like he was). Fourth, under no circumstances should a non-residential school be allowed to Baker Act a child. Fifth, law enforcement failed in almost every way on this (except their one good decision not to cuff the child on the pavement), which is probably due to a severe failure to train officers appropriately in dealing with both people with mental health issues and children in general.

I hope the poor child recovers from this trauma and I hope the parents effectively sue the school and police into implementing appropriate training and responses.

P.S. Full disclosure: I have a daughter and a cousin who have ASD.
September 5, 2014 at 2:01 PM
Clinton Hughes said…
This is ridiculous, my son is the ASD spectrum and the stuff we had to deal with the school systems in many states.  One school didn't even want anything to do with with because of the stuff on his records.  So the school system sends him to a special school for troubled kids.  It is a long and hard fight and fight that WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING!  This year we finally have him going to our local school for almost the whole day and we will shortly will be partly home schooling him until the school finally decides to decides that he is ready for a full day.

ASD awareness needs to improve and I believe that if the a local school learns of a child attending there is diagnosed with ASD that they should inform the local authorities (Fire / Police) and then the school and authorities need to educate themselves on ASD.

I really do not know what the problem is schools and local authorties should be able to receive some type of grants or programs for kids on the spectrum.

I hope that child comes out of this situation and I would suggest to those parents to consider a different school system or stand up and fight and educate the local school and authorities.
September 5, 2014 at 3:51 PM
Shawn W Dunn said…
Stephen Dickson at the moment, not a hell of alot that one person can do.  For my part, I'm biding my time, and seeing how things shake out.   Something is going to give, and I'm just not sure what that's going to be yet.
September 5, 2014 at 7:25 PM
Tobias Harms said…
My theory is that many of the problems of this kind in the US stem from bad social security.

Breaking a leg if you don't have good insurance could bankrupt you. If you are unable to work you won't get any money and you might lose your job.
Is it strange that people happily sues left and right?

So with the risk of getting sued common sense goes out the window. You can't say "I'm sorry" in case it's interpreted as guilt. And headmasters makes insane decision trying to defend the school.
September 7, 2014 at 1:25 AM
Alister Macintyre said…
View Ripples of this sharing.
Bush got Congress to pass "no child left behind" law which mandated that all special ed kids be mainstreamed with other kids, and provided zero budget for school personnel who have any training whatsoever in the needs of special ed kids.  That law needs to be repealed.
September 7, 2014 at 8:20 AM
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