10 year old with autism arrested

A ten year old autistic boy in Florida was arrested for having a melt down in school. The boy has had tantrums at school before, but this time, the school called the police. This is a story I will be watching to see how it ends.

Read the rest of the story here.

NY School District Makes Parents "Proove" Their Religious Beliefs

The choice to vaccinate a child is a serious and personal choice for parents. So are religious beliefs.
One NY school district is making parents who opt out of vaccines for religious reasons "prove" that they are actually religious with questions like "Do you speak to God?" and "Does he tell you not to vaccinate?". Sounds to me like they are looking for crazy more than a belief system.

You can read the whole story here:
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/01/witness-a-ny-religious-sincerity-test-for-vaccine-exemption.html

Boooo Hisssss

As there are programs and communities that get Kudos, and there are situations and places that deserve a big Booooo Hissssss.

This is one of them.

Click here to read about an 8 year old with Aspergers that simply wanted to wear her cow hoody to a school party. When told she would have to take it off to attend, she tried to leave to go anyway (stubbornness in an Aspie? Shocking!) teachers restrained her (leaving bruises on her body). When she began to struggle, the school called the police. The girl was handcuffed and taken in a police cruiser to a juvenile detention center, where she was released to her parents an hour later.

(Read the article on this story here.)

Can anyone say "overkill"? Why on earth would they just not allow this girl to wear her cow sweatshirt to the party? A big Boooooo Hisssss to Kootenai Elementary in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.