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School Stuffed Autistic Boy in Bag as Punishment, Mother Says

School Stuffed Autistic Boy in Bag as Punishment, Mother Says

Sandra Baker said her son Chris was stuffed in a bag at school for misbehaving. (Image source: WKYT-TV)

The mother of a 9-year-old autistic boy said public school employees stuffed her son into a ball bag for misbehaving.

Sandra Baker’s son Chris is enrolled in a special needs program at Mercer County Intermediate School in central Kentucky. She said she was called to the school on Dec. 14 after receiving a call that Chris had been acting up.

“When I walked in,” Baker told CBS affiliate WKYT-TV, “I went down his hallway, and I saw this big green bag laying in the floor beside the aide that was sitting beside the bag, and I saw it moving.”

She was told Chris was in the bag as punishment and that it was a form of therapy.

“It was a drawstring at the top and it had a hole about this big around left in the top of it,” Baker described, indicating a small opening. “There was no way he could get out of it, could not get his head through it if he needed to.”

 

Baker said she was particularly concerned about what could have happened in the event of a fire.

“The comment I got on that was well, we would have drug the bag out the school,” she said. “It’s OK, just drag my son out some steps and break his bones.”

State education officials are investigating the matter.

“Upon learning of the allegations, the school system reviewed the incident immediately, and the matter is being handled consistently with school district policies and with state and federal law,” Mercer County Schools Interim Superintendent Dennis Davis said in a news release, according to WKYT.

The district declined to comment on specifics, saying only that its employees receive appropriate training and certification, according to the station.

More than 700 people have signed an online petition decrying the school’s actions.

Comments (125)

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  • Maxim Crux
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:31pm

    My son is autistic and I promise any school official that if they ever…ever did that to my child, I will stuff them in a bag. Recently my son had a note come home that he was acting up. At the end of the note, they stated, Your son needs to comply when he is in school. My first thought was, what does it mean for a 5 year old in Kindergarten to comply and then, what is the punishment for not complying. The thought of Euthanasia entered my mind. What was his acting up…trying to kiss another little girl. Needless to say, I had a meeting with the school officials. It is perfectly natural for a 5 year old..autistic or not to try and kiss a girl. If he was trying to kiss a boy, then there would be a problem. Of course they would probably not have a problem with that.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 10:32pm

      and i’m sure the aide has a degree in psychology to support the claim of “therapy” in addition to a degree in law to which they can defend themselves in court for the crimes, not one, but several.

      A few decades ago when my oldest was in grade school, an aide pulled a dumb*ass stunt like this. When I found out about it,,,I directly and highly angrily approached the superintendant. I gave her a choice to immediately correct the incident or I was going to my attorney first thing in the morning.
      The aide was immediately removed. Yes, I could have taken it further, but I never heard of such a thing occurring again at that school.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:15pm

      God bless your child. School is particulary difficult to maneuver for parents of autistic children or those with special needs. I am dumbfounded this woman walked away after this. Had this been my child I would have politely asked my child to go the restroom and beat this aid to a bloody pulp she would never speak again and would be at a caretakers mercy for the rest of hers. I am sure she is a liberal against enhanced interigation methods as well. it fits the bill I am just disgusted.

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    • auntbea
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:54pm

      Does your son have an IEP or a 504 Plan? Google these plans if you don’t know what they are, and tell the school your son needs one. Seriously.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:43am

      My son is ASD. There would be two choices. Charged the people with assault, Child endangerment and removed in handcuffs. OR I would be given 5 mins with them. Schools Choice.

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    • bratrattery
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:17am

      I’ve been in a situation like this. My 4 year old autistic son was assaulted by a doctor- she picked him up, shook him, then threw him on the floor. My husband was deployed to Afghanistan and I was by myself with three children- 1 infant and two autistic little boys. Let me tell you, I wanted so badly to hit the woman, but I did not. Why? Because I am a parent first. I walked out of there with my sons. I later reported her. She was reported to CPS by my son’s psychiatrist and our behavioral therapist (but CPS would not do anything because a doctor is not a main caregiver) and the patient advocate at her place of business. It took a year, but she was fired- to this day, we will not go back to that clinic. In hindsight, I should have tried filing a police report to see if they would do a criminal investigation, but at the time, it was all I could do to leave without hitting her. I can guarantee you if a parent hit a teacher or a doctor, even if they had assaulted or abused their child, it would be the parent in trouble- and what good would that do your child. My children are my world and I would do anything for them, I will not go to jail for hitting someone who has hurt them, because they need me way more than they need me to hit someone. Kudos to Sandra for keeping calm enough to not hit the aide.

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    • Red1492
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:53am

      As a mother of an autistic 5 year old, I feared this very thing which is why I’m going broke putting my son in private school here in Texas. Texas has terrible public programs for children with special needs. My son requires one on one attention, his school and classroom has camera’s in every corner and he has his own case worker to oversee his needs. My heart goes out to everyone facing a similar situation. No one understands, no one cares and it can be very isolating. Little do they know that these are the children that end up working for NASA, Microsoft, Apple and other technologies companies because of their focus and single mindedness on the task at hand. Autism is a neurological disorder – not a mental disorder.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:03am

      They treat our kids like prisoners.

      Public schools are Police State Reeducation Camps.

      Ever noticed how your public schools have been turned into prisons with Corrections Officers strutting around like they’re in a Supermax, demanding ID from the parents to enter the school, searching your kids’ lunchboxes for “contraband”, lurking outside in the vicinity of the school preying on motorists for revenue during pick-up and drop-off… etc?

      A man was tasered at my kids‘ school for having the audacity to challenge a Police State Prison Guard’s authority verbally. An eyewitness told me when I arrived during the incident that the man was picking his kids up as usual when he and the guard exchanged words, and the guard tasered him. The man was carrying a CCW handgun at the time too, and I wonder if they targetted him for that reason?

      This one Police State Security Guard at my kids’ school found it neccessary to “hold for me” a 1 centimeter blade that was attached to a bottle opener on my keys, as if there’s not pencil sharpeners with larger blades than that inside the school already…just to make you feel like you’re a criminal… when THEY are the criminals…

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 12:31pm

      Who says schools don’t understand special education? gives new meaning to “no child left behind.” We just grab ‘em, and go.

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    • freefromtheman
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:16pm

      You are a moron and part of the problem in public schools today. It’s the parents who are responsible to train their children and raise them to act right. It’s not the schools job to raise a good kid. If any child is disrupting a class or misbehaving they should be removed, the parent called to come get them and if it continues, expelled. The rest of the class should not have to put up with any kind of bad behavior from another student. Your attitude is offensive to any decent parent. This was obviously the action of a single misguided staffer. I have dealt with idiots like you who really aren’t even interested in parenting just shooting your mouth off and enabling the behavior.

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  • GA Magnolia
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:12pm

    “Baker said she was particularly concerned about what could have happened in the event of a fire.” Her biggest concern was a fire? What about needing to go to the bathroom? What happens if he gets so stressed out he vomits? What if he had asthma or some heart defect that could have come into play while involving this child in “therapy”? Are they kidding?

    As the mother of a Down syndrome child, my first concern would be how quickly I could get my child out of the bag and out of that school until new staff was obtained! I would also file a criminal charges against the teacher and the aide by calling 911 before I even left the parking lot. I would NEVER leave the investigation up to the school only. They circle the wagons too quickly. An outside agency is required.

    These people have lost their ever-loving minds, ya’ll.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:35pm

      Yes they have. It sounds like they need some “therapy” of their own. Love the y’all . I’m a SC native.

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  • jungle J
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:07pm

    With all due respect to parents of special needs children: WHY must the overwhelming majority of students be subjected to the frequently violent outbursts of autistic kids, as well as kids with other challenges that can manifest through extreme behaviors?

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:33pm

      Well the so called adults are sure setting a fine example. I bet it never crossed this child’s mind to tie someone up in a bag as punishment or as therapy. That’s dumb as Hell. No excuses for this. I know we live in a litigious society and I almost always disagree with the frivolous lawsuits, but in this case I say bring it parents. Sue them. If someone even let it cross their little mind to put one of my grandchildren in a bag I can‘t say for sure exactly what would happen but they wouldn’t like it.

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    • Maxim Crux
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:37pm

      I can tell that you never made past 5th grade. I hate to insult anyone on these blogs, but calling you stupid would not be a strong enough word for you.

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 10:32pm

      Well, let’s pretend it is about 4,000 years ago and we are a clan surviving off the land. ALL our children would be together no matter what their distinct temperament or challenge. We would take care of one another accordingly, as our survival would be dependent upon how strong our bonds. Yes, we have become quite civilized now. So civilized that certain folks feel that we need not have to deal with certain children, just write them off and leave them for the dogs. We have certainly come a long way !! sheesh

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    • Ginger Taylor
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 10:53pm

      Go into your living room, turn on the tv as loud as you can. Then turn on a hairdryer and point it at your head. Then cover your body in itching powder. Then turn on the radio as loud as you can. Then get 18 children in the room to yell and scream as loud as they can. Then empty the garbage can on your living room floor. Then put tacks on a chair and sit down on it and try to do a complex math problem… with which ever hand you don’t write with. Then when you get frustrated because you can’t focus because your senses are completely overloaded by the bombardment of your surroundings, have an important authority figure come in and tell you that you are doing it wrong. Then when you get upset about it, have them stuff you in a bag.

      That is why your precious little one has to endure outbursts from little boys like mine.

      Because mine is doing 10 times the work yours is just to do the minimum to keep up in school.

      You are heartless.

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    • ConservDadASD
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:48pm

      Very Good Reply Ginger Taylor!

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    • Munsonmanor
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 12:16am

      @jungle j – All I can say is you better do some research before you open your trap. There are LOTS of diifferent spectrum disorders that fall under Autism. My son is autistic and he has none of the violent tendancies you describe. Are there some who do? Yes. There was no details as to what the child was being punished for, so we don’t know if violence was involved or not. Regardless, the form of punishment that was performed, is outrageous. Every Autistic kid is different, much like the so-called “normal” kids. There’s no perfect solution to what the school system can do. Classrooms are full of kids that are ADHD, obsessive compulsive, autistic, etc.. They deserve an education. I also see the other side of the argument that teachers don’t have the time to come up with a plan for each individual kid and their quirks. I also see teachers unions who are trying to get their teachers paid more money. The downside to that is, fewer numbers of teachers making more money that’s shrinking already short staffed school systems all over the country.

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    • ghostsouls
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 12:26am

      First of all most autistic children are in special classes, not mainstreamed, so they aren’t with the other kids. their “teachers” should know how to address behavior issues, and apparently they do not. Now for some facts, YOUR regular children make more outbursts, more violent overtures towards other children, then autistic children do, so why should well behaved students and autistic children be subjected to normal kid’s outbursts, and violence?

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 12:52am

      @HOBBS

      Actually the tribes of 4000 years ago would most likely have simply abandoned the weak and left them to fend for themselves. For the most part people living in modern day civilized societies have the luxury of their every action not being the difference between if their entire family/community is going to live or die in the immediate future. That wouldn’t have been the case 4000 years ago.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:11am

      simple, we pay taxes and our kids have the same rights as “normal” students. Then again why should I as a parent have to pay for things that my son is unable to join. Such as sports. Your

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    • bratrattery
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:23am

      My autistic sons have never attacked another student, but more than once they have been attacked (once by an adult, she left bruises on him, all because he was crying), they have been bullied, bit, slapped. So why should my sons be attacked by other ignorant people simply because they are autistic? They shouldn’t. You insinuate that all children with autism are aggressive and that is not true at all. It is the exception not the rule. Autistic children are often the target of bullies, not the other way around.

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    • NanNJ
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 6:45am

      As the mother of 4 children ranging from autistic to genius and 2 in between, I understand you comment. Here in lies the problem. When 6 in 10 children now have some form of learning disability it is difficult to find a happy medium. If the wizard of smarts would address the issue of Why so many of our children have learning disabilites it would help. Vaccines are causing brain damage, I think in an effort to dumb down society and its working. Until then schools are forced to accomodate children that should be in schools designed for their needs. So we will continue to have incidents like this because some aides should not be working with these children. These children don’t want to be bad. There lives are frustrating in ways we cannot understand.

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:59pm

      Ginger, I LOVE your description of what SENSORY OVERLOAD is like for children with autism. If you were this overloaded, you would BEG for the bag just to escape and reduce the noise, the bright lights, the staring and laughing of the other students and to get away from the demands of the class, at least until your sensory system could calm down.

      We never had a BAG but did create other dark cubby holes and crawl spaces the autistic students could use when they felt they needed to. I am amazed how many on this site seem to have absolutely NO idea what they are talking about and condemning. Dark enclosed spaces work real good for calming purposes when kids were overloaded. The autistic kids I have worked with would ASK for them when they felt themselves going toward overload. It helped. They would de-stress in the dark cubby for a while and come out when they were calm and able to go back to work. It was a very valuable coping strategy for them. To know there was a quiet, dark, and safe place they could retreat to when they needed to.

      Oh, and they LOVED to come to therapy in school because we understood what their nervous systems needed and delivered it with LOVE and understanding.

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  • dejavu43
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:04pm

    With all due respect to parents of special needs children: WHY must the overwhelming majority of students be subjected to the frequently violent outbursts of autistic kids, as well as kids with other challenges that can manifest through extreme behaviors? Yes, I understand there are varying levels of autism and other disorders. I also understand a parents need, and their childs’ need to feel “normal” by being mainstreamed. In those situations where violent and/or aggressive behavior is not an issue, go for it. If it IS an issue, there should be no discussion, no whining, no blaming society and no government interference–home school the child or provide classes where ALL of the students are challenged in one way or another and have appropriately trained teachers. Let those students blessed enough to be without challenges get their education without disruption, temper tantrums or other impediments to learning.

     
    • thekuligs
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:40pm

      Did you read the article? It says he is in special needs which is new liberal speak for Special Ed as in not general populous.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:44pm

      Gee. Do you think maybe the parents of special needs children pay taxes that fund the schools? Then they pay property taxes for more school funding. Yet you think they should pony up more dollars for private schooling so that our “perfect” children won’t have to be bothered.

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    • GA Magnolia
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:54pm

      You are simply amazing. You are the parent of the child that stares at my child in the grocery store. You are an idiot.

      Not all special needs children are mainstreamed. And there are actually some parents, like me and my husband, who do understand that your children should not be distracted by a child like ours. We completely agree that for some of her classes, she is better off away from your children so that she can concentrate on her goals. She also doesn‘t need to be around children as perfectly normal as yours so that she won’t learn things she shouldn’t like talking back to a teacher, picking on others that are different, schoolwork is secondary to athletics and cheerleading, having the current cellphone, who is wearing what brand of jeans or shoes, who is friends with whom on Facebook, etc. My child is with her peers only at certain times of the day. My child’s peers have been with her since she was in kindergarten and could certainly teach you a thing or two about what perfectly normal children like yours could learn from a Down syndrome child.

      Now, why don’t you just take your perfectly normal children and skedaddle on out of here. You’ve got me bristled.

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    • Ginger Taylor
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:02pm

      There is no “due respect” in your comment what so ever.

      My child is a part of society and is not to be relegated to a back room. Nor should he be. Every year I go to my son’s class, explain autism to them, explain how my son is special and different from them, and every year the kids are great. They ask questions, tell me what they have noticed about him and what he is good at. And every year I have to choke back tears of gratitude and pride for those kids when they ask me, “How can we help him in school?”

      Those kids don’t need to be protected from my son by heartless, ignorant Scrooges like you… they are enriched by him. He challenges them and softens them and teaches them patience and how to love and care for those whose life is more of a struggle than theirs.

      He is nine, and has the speech of a three year old, but I walk into the lunch room and hear, “Chandler! Sit next to me.” My son is beautiful and has value and makes those around him better people.

      Try spending time loving some of those difficult kids. I promise you, you won’t ever ask such a horrid, ugly question again.

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    • woodrowsux
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:45pm

      Yes you’re right – only your children are blessed -my gorgeous 15 year old autistic boy by your logic must be cursed. Because of people like dejavu my wife and I pray each day that we live long enough to see our boy in the right environment before we pass on- especially in light of unfortunate attitudes like those of deja vu. One other thing that I have found which is heartening, is the good old fahioned KARMA which have struck in merciless fashion to ‘deja vu’ types where helicopter holier than thou parents have suffred through unthinkable destinies for them and their children after displaying attitudes like ‘deja vu’. Tonight I rest peacefully knowing that deja vu and his ‘blessed’ offspring soon will confront a monstrous fate, well earned and irrevesibly scorched into their hearless souls. I take little or no pleasure in this – I am just certain of the powers of justice , karma and fate when in the hands of the allmighty.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:25am

      Why should my child suffer insults from “normal” kids? Most kids can be sent into a main stream class with support and they do great. Others need more help and specialized classes.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:25pm

    John Lennon called that Bagism. Ism it the most?

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  • RedheadTexan
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:07pm

    Well, as the mother of an autistic child, my answer to them would be that they needed a bit of what I refer to as “clam kick therapy.” I would be more than happy to provide them with this therapy free of charge.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:01pm

    To hell with a fire lady,, these people are abusing your son.. file charges against the school and the teacher who put him in the bag.. he has been traumatized! God help our children! You’d be better off teaching your son at home!

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    • singleparent
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:11pm

      Yes this is extreme and no excuse for it.. but i have a friend who’s son is the same way he is very violent… has thrown stapler‘s threaten to to stab people in the kneck with pencil’s… even got kick‘ed off the buss for try’ing to stab the driver in the kneck with a pencil… he’s was 6 at the time.. found out there‘s alot of kid’s like this…theres a problem with are children that was‘nt around when we were kid’s like sonething in the water….. scarey real scarey

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:47pm

      @ singleparent..just curios, what school did you go to that taught you how to use an apostrophe in the words Try’ing , kick‘ed, was‘nt.. Also there is no K in the word neck and the word you were looking for was OUR not ARE .. wow !! You’re not home schooling I hope… ?

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    • bikerr
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:06pm

      @demint.disciple–She went to the same school you did I Guess. It’s spelled“ curious” not“ curios”.Unless of course you were talking about furniture.Mirror,Mirror,on the wall

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:17pm

      @BIKERR.. # 1 I was talking to singleparent and # 2 what gives you the idea that singleparent is a she? Have to be a moron to make an assumption on that.Funny how you knew the exact word I was saying.. Do you know why ? Because if you look the word “ curios” ( as I spelled it) up in the dictionary mr brains, you will see it has the same meaning as curious it’s just in a shortened form, idiot. DUH now what ? My claims are legit about his/her spelling, it’s annoying and brings down the intelligence of the whole board… Got it troll ?

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    • bikerr
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:35pm

      @demint.disciple—Sorry your upset but you did ask for it. remember mirror mirror on the wall?. Also I didn’t need a dictionary to look it up.You spoke of furniture,Admit it, you made a mistake! welcome to the real world.

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    • Marengo Ohio Patriot
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:40pm

      Demint
      what does curios (knickknack or antique) have to do with curious…
      answer: NOTHING YOU MORON!!!!!

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    • bikerr
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:50pm

      @demint.disciple—Wow! take a chill. You are somewhat correct in my assuming the person posting is a female,However knowing how things are in the real world the person is almost sure to be a female.Just ask any male who has lost custody in a court battle. Not sure moron applies but it’s your posting not mine. When you post here everybody reads it so sorry if you are offended.(well not really). …..From the dictionary you suggested be used……Examples of CURIO

      1. She loves to browse the shops in small towns, looking for curios……just sayin.Relax.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:10am

      Single, Demint and everyone else who decides they want to be the spelling police – KNOCK IT OFF.

      Some people are bad spellers, some are good spellers. We all can make mistakes, some more than others. If you want to help your spelling along, use Firefox, it will highlight common mistakes and help you become a better speller. I know that some of the most brilliant minds have spelling issues.

      So he without spelling errors in their posts, cast the first letter.

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    • natasharene
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:03am

      I am sorry but curios which is a shortened form of curiosity does not mean the same thing as curious. Curious and curiosity are not the same word and do not share the same meaning especially how it was used in your original post.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 5:51pm

      @demint.disciple—Hopefully this is the last teaching you will need on this post…..The mother of a 9-year-old autistic boy said public school employees stuffed her son into a ball bag for misbehaving. I do believe that would have been my notice that SHE was Female. Unless you have a different meaning for moron.
      Also, I don’t Work ,retired, but thanks for ASSuming things. Gheez this is fun!. Kinda like wakamole!.
      I don’t really care about spelling but you seemed obsessed with it. Oh well……Sighhhhh.

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  • The10thAmendment
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:51pm

    Every person in that school deserves jail time.

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:20pm

      Yes, let’s send the janitor and the cafeteria lady to jail for this, who had nothing to do with this, didn’t know about it, and might not even be in the building at the time.

      Would you like to be sent in jail for the actions of your coworkers for an event that happened when you weren’t at work?

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:47pm

    “Mercer County Intermediate School in central Kentucky”
    SURPRISE!!!!! Didn’t Kentucky vote for Obama? OH….wait…no…..

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    • whgt
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:58pm

      Congrats on being an irrelevant douche bag.

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    • kentuckypatriot
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:25pm

      Excuse me, we are a red state. Obummer did NOT win in KY and he will not win in 2012. With that said, what this teacher did was inexcusable. I signed the petition that had a link from the article. Maybe you should too, tell them how you feel.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:28pm

      “Excuse me, we are a red state.”
      LOL–my point exactly.

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    • moomaw10
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:49pm

      As I am a proud Kentuckian..I can tell you straight up…HELL NO, we never voted that man in, and am praying we help vote him “OUT”..That school should have a harsh investigation, that boy, no matter what didn’t deserve that treatment..

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:35am

      this society would be a lot better off without the Progressives and their need to control all things. I am sure without all the mandates that the States have to pay for.
      ‘It is dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong” Voltare

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:47pm

    “Mercer County Intermediate School in central Kentucky”
    SURPRISE!!!!! Didn‘t Kentucky vote for Obama in ’08? OH….wait…no…..

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:50pm

      No, Michigan is more of an obama state , you know the desolate wasteland ?

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  • schroeder123
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:39pm

    Don’t get all up tight. He was probably laughing. Kids like bags and tents , sleeping bags……

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:53pm

      First let someone tie you up in a bag so that you can’t get out, or are scared to try to get out. Then we will hear your thoughts on fricking sleeping bags. I don’t think this boy was having any kind of fun. This is wrong.

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  • number9
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:34pm

    Thank You Arnie (as in, Duncan @ Ed.Gov) WTF? And you thought the mafia was bad? Screw the petition- fire these dweebs and this is their defense? “saying only that its employees receive appropriate training and certification, according to the station.” Well then, YOUR TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION SUCKS!

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  • wisehiney
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:32pm

    That kid has it good compared to me. I just found out that my email address has been permanently deleted from Huffington Post!

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    • schroeder123
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:37pm

      OH cr*p !

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    • mccracken
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:05pm

      Hineyhole.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:58pm

      Damn! Did they tie you up in a bag afterwards? Otherwise, your post makes no sense. I‘m also guessing that you aren’t a nine year old boy dealing with autism. I could be wrong.

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  • Greeneink
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:18pm

    You or I would go to jail for child abuse and have to fight to get our child back. Add this to the child that ate the slice of pizza into the shape of a gun and had to take a gun safety course and you get one National government teachers union that is out of control and needs abolished.

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  • THIS GENERATION
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:17pm

    Prepare people…We need to clean out our public schools of all these monsters working and running our schools. The State and the local school district and parents should be running the schools. If not, it’s going to get worse. Fight for local control.

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    • bannie
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:05pm

      To put parents back in control, get rid of the state and federal mandates. When local school boards selected curricula and textbooks, the parents DID have control. Further, the kids were much better educated.

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    • Civil-Z
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:15pm

      That is very true. I have held conversations with many early twenties recent graduates and you wouldn’t believe what they know as truth. For instance Earth is dying, ain’t is a word(always has been), high level math was never done w/out a calculator an they have no idea what the words mean that I am using until they look them up. It is about that time to get rid of unions.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:29am

      The Federal Dept of Education is about as useful as the FDA,FCC, and other groups that regulate people to force them to be faithful to the Central Command.

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  • Bill Wallace
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:16pm

    Um…why wasn’t the father of this boy contacted to come view the treatment of his son?

    Not sure about anyone else, but as a caveman throwback retro-sexual, if my child got this kind of “therapy” I would have given the teachers some “therapy” of their own. I refer it to the RCA therapy.

    See, as a kid, my family had this RCA television and the screen eventually started acting up. Would get rainbow colors across the screen and the picture would distort. Whenever it happened, you would walk up to the tv and SMACK it once on the side or the top and wires would reconnect.

    I think the same “therapy” would work with those teachers. Walk up to them, SMACK, and the wires in their head would reconnect and suddenly they would see the error of their ways.

    I would be willing to go to court and be placed on trial for that. I would love to have pictures of my son in a bag be shown to the jury members. Let’s see if I get a guilty verdict or not.

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  • Jennifer_D
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:14pm

    Re: She was told Chris was in the bag as punishment and that it was a form of therapy.

    I guess “therapy” is a handy file under excuse for all teachers who get caught abusing special needs kids at school. This is obvious abuse of a child by teachers who have very little training on how to handle children with special needs. The same thing was said to my mom when my brother was squirted in the face with a water bottle.

    If this little boy had not been a special needs child would this have even happened?

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  • randy
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:13pm

    Someone needs to go to jail

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 5:28am

      Just offhand the school (or at least the aide) should be charged with assault, unlawful detention, and
      unfortunately, there is no law against being stupid. A few photographs and any reasonable jury would convict the aide. Once that was done the school could be sued in civil court. There have to be serveral lawyers who would take the case on a contingency basis.
      Bet the school board would relieve several administrators when they lost a large judgement.

      OMG

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  • watashbuddyfriend
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:12pm

    Well, now, I say that the one who ordered the Autistic Boy be Stuffed in the Bag to receive 13 lashed, then fired, as a minimum, then the entire Mercer County Intermediate School in central Kentucky, be fired, as a minimum!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:10pm

    If the school and teachers have broken the laws of the county and state; then bring them to trial and let the courts handle the matter.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:09pm

    Come on people, didn’t you used to play stuff the fat, Autistic kid in the bag when you were a kid? Uh, neither did I. In fact I don’t remember any school punishment where anyone was stuffed in a bag, except for the ugly kids, but they had to wear one over their heads.

    Maybe we could stuff the adult that did this in a bag and play pinata. Just make sure its a body bag, so we don’t have to transfer any gooey parts later.

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  • RUGER MINI 30
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:08pm

    Therapy my eye. Burn that school down.

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    • dnewton
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:22pm

      There is or at least was some kind of goofy therapy involving putting kids in a bag. The only reason I know about it was a kid got killed during the procedure. As a general rule, if the parents kills a kid, it is awful but if a teacher does it or a therapist, it is just an unfortunate accident. Anyway, the theory was that the child needed to be reborn from this big artificial womb or bag. Supposedly, the kid was not born right the first time or didn’t feel loved enough the first time it was born, so the whole thing is re-staged. Anyway, for sure, the therapist got off way easier than any parent that would have done the same thing. The courts will believe anything if you have a degree in psychology and you mean well. I heard the defense brought in a parade of folks that swore it worked every time the kid manages not to get suffocated. If the kid yells”I cant breath,” that means she, in this case, is just trying to resist treatment. There is also something called “holding therapy” that involves manually restraining a child forcefully until the child stops resisting. Once again, a child stopped resisting after being restrained from taking adequate air and died. I think the second case was in North Carolina.

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  • wingedwolf
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:07pm

    Printable words fail me at this time.

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  • kaydeebeau
    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:04pm

    Why is it in the past 20 years or so, there are all these autistic, ADHD, alergic to anything children? Seriously, I am curious

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    • armyup92F
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:21pm

      The reason for that is the increase in innoculations that the govt. is giving the children and the new mothers that have to take all these pills due to pregnancy. Also, you have chem trails and hormones and other chemicals that are added to the meat such as our ground beef being amonia washed and meat glue.

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    • FantaGirl
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:23pm

      The reason that there are more reportedly autistic/ADHD etc. kids lately is that we’ve just recently been understanding these disorders more (as well as being able to study them more). (So if a liberal tells you pollution has caused people to have more asthma lately, you can tell them that we only just started taking studies on such characteristics concerning asthma in the past 50 years.) In fact many mental diseases/disorders were taken note of in the mid to late 1800s, but were not identified or understood till recent times. (Williams Disease, Alzheimer’s, Savantry). Heck, people used to the influenza was caused by the stars.

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    • tzion
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:59pm

      Also take into account that some disorders, ADD and ADHD in particular, are being over-diagnosed because some parents want to improve their child’s behavior. Boys are diagnosed with ADD four times more than girls and in all likelihood it’s just boys being boys.

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    • drago
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:59pm

      @armyup92f
      “Also, you have chem trails and hormones and otherchemicals added to the meat such as our groundbeef being amonia washed and meat glue”. Since i was meat cutter//butcher for more than 30 years, can you explain your statement, and maybe show proof? Meat glue, wtf are you talking about, lay off the meth dude……

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:25pm

      I’ve heard of meat glue and ammonia washing.

      They show ammonia washing of poultry in the movie Food Inc. Here’s a link on “meat glue” http://www.marksdailyapple.com/meat-glue-separating-fact-from-fiction

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:28pm

      Most of these nasty features of foods like meat glue and ammonia washing are recent developments, and aren’t used everywhere (organic farmers wouldn’t use this). So if you were a reputable butcher and/or haven’t worked in the butcher field for a while, then you wouldn’t have been involved in it.

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    • KAdams
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:29pm

      Don’t forget processed food, food dyes, e.coli feces(aspartame), brominated(hello, it’s bromine)vegetable oil (go check your MTNDEW cans). Is it any wonder kids are screwed up these days? Out of all the gum we sell in our store, only FRUIT STRIPE is aspartame-free. All Wrigley, Stride, Orbit… they all have aspartame, and the kids in my town buy it like it’s going out of style…

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:44pm

      I don’t buy that argument, those in my generation (born in the 1960s) had vaccinations. Perhaps it has more to do with parenting or the lack of…Mothers were at t home rasing the kids kids were started on food at 8 weeks, kids were expected to behave, we knew if we acted up at school and got introuble we would get in trouble at home. I guess I am old school – the quickest way to reach the mind of a kid is via osmosis through his backside. Something along the lines of fear and respect – Had I even thought about speaking to my parents or any adult in the same way as the kids today do I would not have a natural tooth in my head. Granted, I rebelliously chose the consequences – but I knew the consequences and those consequences were visited upon me. Unlike the parents of today – my parents did not make threats – they made promises and followed through -we didn’t get a count to 3 – we got a warning and then consequences. Perhaps the Biblical principle of spare the rod – spoil the child…seems to have been a great principle until the mid 70s….just sayin’

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:48pm

      it couldn’t possibly be related to the rash of poor parenting as in a rash of parents being the kids best friend – wanting to be liked by the kids so no discipline ??? As for the organic worshippers – I suggest looking up the classical definition of organic (hint – I majored in Organic Chemistry)

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:20am

      simple, Sludge from oil is processed and used for plastic bottles. Also using hydrogen to change the food particles into something it is not. (example: real peanut butter seperates, stuff that is changed to near plastic does not) Genetic engineered food also comes to mind. All the things that they shoot up our meats with while it is still alive.
      Do I need to go on? And you thought the FDA was a good thing.

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    • bratrattery
      Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:46am

      KAYDEEBEAU, the whole idea that autism is caused by “refrigerator mothers” (aka bad parenting) was debunked a LONG time ago. I have two autistic sons & I do not spoil them, they have consequences. My younger son with autism has been autistic since the day he was born, he could never stand to be touched, make eye contact. In my sons’ case, their doctor believes it is genetics, but so far only a handful of genes have been associated with autism, mostly with diagnoses that are frequently comorbid with autism, such as Fragile X. Maybe you should donate to find the cause of autism, so we can all find out why it is on the rise. Did you know the rate of autism among military dependents is greater than the general population? 1 in 88 military dependents is diagnosed with autism, but for the general population it is still quoted at 1 in 110. As for food allergies, many of our foods are now genetically modified. Did you know that in the US corn is in almost everything you consume from the water you drink (the filtration process) to the fruits/veggies (the wash, the wax covering) to the meat (the wash, the preservatives to make it look pretty on the shelf)? It all contains corn, & over 85% of corn in the US is genetically modified. I’m sure there are many factors that have caused an increase in food allergies, ADD/ADHD, asthma, & autism. In Bulgaria, little processed food is readily available and the incidence of food allergies is much lower. Just a thought.

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