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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Churchill has a couple of programs that serve autistic kids: the “autism” program for kids on the certificate track, and the Bridge program for kids who may be on the diploma track with complex learning and behavioral needs. (And of course there could be autistic kids in the regular classrooms). 
If an autistic kid aggresses against a random stranger in the hallway with no warning, it can mean one of several things:  1. Staff hasn’t been properly trained in recognizing signs that behavior is escalating. 2. Particular student May need a smaller setting or to change classes when the halls are empty. 3. Behavior plan isn’t working and needs to be revised. 
Behavior=communication. If the kid on the bus was distressed, the right way to respond is NOT to yell at him to shut up and sit down. 
Episodes like these just make the public fear that autistic individuals are just randomly violent for no reason, when the reality is they are more likely to be victims. [/quote]

The child that hit my daughter may have had these supports. However,  the halls of a large public high school are never 100% empty. My daughter had a hall pass and was in the hallway at a time most students were in class.

I agree there are supports that can minimize episodes and there are things like yelling that can exacerbate episodes. However,  sometimes a child can do something that the staff can't anticipate or control. For the child whose parent is suing MCPS, the video will show what happened.[/quote]

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