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An Atlanta mother is alleging that her 7-year-old autistic son was slapped by his trainer inside a classroom.
The alleged assault befell at Cleveland Avenue Elementary College on Nov. 8. Police and officers with Atlanta Public Colleges are investigating the incident.
“I do not know what might’ve precipitated this girl to react in a manner that she felt so threatened by my three-foot-tall little one,” Reginique Stinson instructed FOX 5 Atlanta.
Her son, Gabriel, was allegedly struck by the trainer inside his classroom so arduous that one other trainer heard it and reported it, Stinson was instructed after the incident.
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An Atlanta mother is alleging that her 7-year-old autistic son was slapped by his trainer inside a classroom. (Google Earth)
“I simply cannot think about how my son might’ve felt in that second. He’s by no means skilled one thing like that. I don’t hit my little one,” Stinson mentioned. “I really feel like she positively took benefit of the truth that he is non-verbal in hitting him as a result of she knew he cannot actually communicate up for himself.”
APS college officers instructed FOX 5 that the district’s Workplace of Worker Relations and Atlanta Public Colleges Police have opened investigations into the alleged slap.
Stinson mentioned she acquired few particulars concerning the incident and that she has since noticed a change in her son’s conduct.
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APS college officers mentioned the district’s Workplace of Worker Relations and Atlanta Public Colleges Police have opened investigations into the slap. (Google Earth)
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“Outdoors of me dropping him off, my sister drops him off, and she or he was like, ‘He didn’t need to go into his classroom,'” she defined.
Stinson is asking on the district to higher practice academics with particular schooling college students and urging APS to put in cameras inside all school rooms. She additionally mentioned she has taken her son out of that class and is contemplating shifting him to a different college.
It’s unclear what the trainer’s employment standing is after the slap.
