A teacher's aide who was once charged with using a marker to hit an autistic boy is under investigation again after new audio emerged.
Florida - A teacher's aide who was once charged with using a marker to hit an autistic boy is under investigation again after new audio emerged, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday.
"Nobody should talk to a child like that, especially autistic children," Miriam Adar, who sent the recorder to school with her 6-year-old son, Ezra, told The Washington Post. "They need extra, extra patience." Corporal punishment is legal in public schools in 19 states, most of which are in the South. About 1 936 students in Florida received corporal punishment in the 2013-14 school year, the most recent data available from the U.S. Department of Education. Students with disabilities are disproportionately likely to be punished physically, according to a study conducted in Tennessee in 2018.
Florida law requires a school principal to approve corporal punishment before it is used, and another adult must be present when it happens. Parents have the right to be told in writing the reason for their children's punishment and the name of the other adult in the room. Although a state bill introduced in February to prohibit corporal punishment failed, individual school districts can ban it.
Keyla Concepcion, a spokeswoman for the Broward County Sheriff's Office, said authorities are investigating on behalf of the state Department of Children and Families. Pembroke Pines police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell said that her department was "aware of the allegations of child abuse made at Pasadena Lakes Elementary" and that no arrests had been made.
They sent Ezra to school with an AngelSense device that serves as a GPS tracker and audio recorder for children who have special needs. The dialogue the device captured disturbed them. They gave the recording to the school's principal, Adar said, and called the Department of Children and Families.
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