Being the father of an autistic child, this scares me – PB/TK
Special needs 7-year-old handcuffed by police at school – CBS News/ May 16 2017
A family is outraged at police for placing their 7-year-old son in handcuffs at a mental health facility in Texas, CBS DallasFort Worth reports.
April Obin says her son has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and tends to disrupt class at Gabe P. Allen Elementary School several times a week. But he has trained counselors that help him cope with the mood disorder.
On May 9, Obin says her son had an episode that turned violent and he began to bang his head against the wall.
Obin’s attorney, Amar Dhillon, says the school was having standardized testing that day. The boy’s counselor wasn’t available, so they called his mother in for assistance.
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