Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:An autistic kid beat the crap out of my son (at a public school) and there was no recourse, certainly no lawsuit that would have been entertained.
Please you can always sue, you go to the doctor's get a report, go to a shrink get a report, and sue. You can also call the police. Assault is assault. There is always recourse it just depends on how far you are willing to push and pursue.
Devil is in the details and depends on the state. Sovereign immunity may apply.
Well, I wouldn’t have sued the kid or his family because I don’t actually blame them. And I don’t really blame the school because they are dealing with the least restrictive environment requirement/ manifestation of disability, etc. I blame the systemic factors put in place by the powers that be, but they are immune to suit.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:An autistic kid beat the crap out of my son (at a public school) and there was no recourse, certainly no lawsuit that would have been entertained.
Please you can always sue, you go to the doctor's get a report, go to a shrink get a report, and sue. You can also call the police. Assault is assault. There is always recourse it just depends on how far you are willing to push and pursue.
Devil is in the details and depends on the state. Sovereign immunity may apply.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:An autistic kid beat the crap out of my son (at a public school) and there was no recourse, certainly no lawsuit that would have been entertained.
Please you can always sue, you go to the doctor's get a report, go to a shrink get a report, and sue. You can also call the police. Assault is assault. There is always recourse it just depends on how far you are willing to push and pursue.
Anonymous wrote:An autistic kid beat the crap out of my son (at a public school) and there was no recourse, certainly no lawsuit that would have been entertained.
Anonymous wrote:An autistic kid beat the crap out of my son (at a public school) and there was no recourse, certainly no lawsuit that would have been entertained.
Anonymous wrote:I don't know anything about the facts in this particular complaint, but as the parent of an autistic student at a different private school (before we pulled him), the disability-related harassment and the adults using autism to blame the victim are very familiar and very believable.
Anonymous wrote:I am so sorry for this child and family, and grateful they are bringing this horrible behavior to light. This situation has occurred at many schools in the area and people regularly chime in with some version of “that’s not our experience. X School is amazing.” Some students have very positive experiences and the same schools where students feel tormented…both can be true.
Reading this complaint, I am so thankful that we opted not to send our neurodivergent son there for HS, despite their encouragement, both emotional and financial (scholarship offer). It was just a gut feeling and I’m glad I listened.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some people care about the quality of HS education distinct from college destination. I’m aiming to send my kids to an elite private HS, but prefer they attend an HBCU for undergrad, which would strike many people on this board as crazy.
Honest question here...why?
I'm not the PP or the parent of a Black child, but I can understand this. In a world that is so harsh to Black children (and adults), parents want to give those children every advantage academically and then have them come of in an environment filled with love, belonging, and support. If this is difficult to understand, you may be White or belong to a privileged group - and you can ask yourself how it feels any time you are an "only" or in the minority in a group or situation.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some people care about the quality of HS education distinct from college destination. I’m aiming to send my kids to an elite private HS, but prefer they attend an HBCU for undergrad, which would strike many people on this board as crazy.
Honest question here...why?
Anonymous wrote:The kid probably didn’t belong there. But that’s hardly exculpatory for the school if the facts are as alleged.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The kid probably didn’t belong there. But that’s hardly exculpatory for the school if the facts are as alleged.
He might have done fine had the school acted differently. The comment that the boys get “naughtier” as they get older made my skin crawl. The adults abdicated their roles and left a Lord of the Flies dynamic in play. While waxing on about the morals of the school. SMH.