TA's waterboard autistic students

[Twixle]

My state makes me so proud.

http://news.aol.com/article/mom-accu...rding%2F729747

(Oct. 21) -- Teacher's aides severely abused special-needs children at a Montana school, the families of five students charge. One mother describes what her autistic son was subjected to as "waterboarding-like torture."

Julie Parish and Kristina Marie Kallies, who have resigned as aides, are charged with assault on a minor and endangering the welfare of children. Parish appeared in court Monday and was released on bond. Police are still looking for Kallies, KFBB reported.
Parents of students who were in the 7th and 8th grade special-ed class at North Middle School in Great Falls last school year sat in the courtroom, some holding photos of their kids.

Tiffonie Schilling cried as she described what witnesses report was done to her 14-year-old son, Garrett. An aide allegedly held the boy's head under a water faucet when he dozed off in class.

"He was having waterboarding-like torture done to him on a frequent basis,” Schilling said. A fellow student also said teachers made Garrett "eat his own vomit."
Garrett Schilling can't speak because of his autism, so he couldn't explain what was happening, his mom added. "A child who can’t defend himself, it’s a huge violation.”
Other parents told stories of abuse that included a girl being hit in the head with a pan and a boy being locked in a closet.

Parish and Kallies resigned after the families made their allegations, the school district said. Both reportedly denied the charges in interviews with police, according to Montana's News Station.com.

Although school district officials said they did a thorough investigation and are cooperating with police, the Great Falls representative to the Montana Legislature urged the state attorney general to conduct an independent probe.

[tony tone]

hang them

[c jackson]

hang them by their eyelids

[FrreeeBird]

Originally Posted by tony tone

hang them

Originally Posted by c jackson

hang them by their eyelids

Agreed, but more pics of OPs avatar first.

[Abandoned Ship]

terrible.

i mean, i disliked the autistic kid in my highschool class cause he threw a desk at me, but i would NEVER even think of doing that.

[Archidictus]

Were the "observers" other special needs kids or what?

[miles.]

Reading that makes me sick to my stomach, I hope they burn in hell.

[crawdad689]

Originally Posted by Cryabandonship

terrible.

i mean, i disliked the autistic kid in my highschool class cause he threw a desk at me, but i would NEVER even think of doing that.

[BigDisarray]

:rage:

What the ****? How would doing things like that even cross your mind?

[ZMiataH8]

Originally Posted by FrreeeBird

Agreed, but more pics of OPs avatar first.

There was a thread made in an attempt to get more. It was locked.

[frankbo0gie-da9]

People like this **** me off so much. Picking on people who aren't able to defend themselves is just plain wrong and sickening. I never understood how people can do such things.

[c jackson]

this story would have been so much better if one of the autistic kids ripped one of the aides arms off in retaliation.

[Dogginator]

Trust has been violated.

[SDT Project EF]

If what is said is true then they only deserve one thing. A slow painful death.

However, I'm assuming the only witness to this is other special needs children?

[SDT Project EF]

Originally Posted by c jackson

this story would have been so much better if one of the autistic kids ripped one of the aides arms off in retaliation.

Retard strength FTW!!

[rockcity]

Originally Posted by Archidictus

Were the "observers" other special needs kids or what?

This. Don't jump to conclusion too quickly folks. The "witnesses" could have been manipulated into saying they saw these things.

[Archidictus]

I'm not sure how much faith I could put on the word of a special needs kid as it pertains to the treatment of other special needs kids. It's very possible the one boy got something in his hair or on his face and it had to be washed out quickly (waterboarding) or that one was made to eat his oatmeal, which looks a lot like vomit.

I'm not saying anyone's innocent or guilty or anything, and you're entitled to your opinions, but I'd hold out until we know for sure who was reporting these criminal acts.

[tazeat]

Should have killed the special needs kids at birth and avoided the whole mess.

[Archidictus]

Originally Posted by tazeat

Should have killed the special needs kids at birth and avoided the whole mess.

So wrong...so many levels...must...restrain...killing...impulse...

[rockcity]

Originally Posted by tazeat

Should have killed the special needs kids at birth and avoided the whole mess.

Harsh. However, I don't think these kind of children belong in the public system. Some of these parents drop these kids off at the school and think they become the sole responsibility of the school system. The public school system should not have to deal with these children. I dated a young lady who worked with autistic children, and it pretty much destroyed her life.

[Archidictus]

Originally Posted by rockcity

Harsh. However, I don't think these kind of children belong in the public system. Some of these parents drop these kids off at the school and think they become the sole responsibility of the school system. The public school system should not have to deal with these children. I dated a young lady who worked with autistic children, and it pretty much destroyed her life.

Understand that special needs teachers SIGN UP and GO TO SCHOOL specifically to do that job. Yes, it's a shitty, shitty job, but it's not like the public school system picked someone at random and said, "HEY ****ER, YOU'RE TEACHING THE SLOW-MOS FROM NOW ON, BITCH! "

She always had the option to quit before it "ruined her life".

It's also difficult to draw the line between special needs and kids who just don't work fast or socialize well. "Special needs" doesn't necessarily mean severe mental retardation, after all.

[Stockton]

Don't people know by now if you just give these autistic kids some marijuana they'll be completely normal.

[SDT Project EF]

Originally Posted by tazeat

Should have killed the special needs kids at birth and avoided the whole mess.

SPARTANS!!! AHHOOOO!!!

But seriously with the technology today I think it's pretty safe to assume they can abort children that would be born with major problems.

With that said if I had a special needs Child or had a child that later became special needs I would love it the same regardless.

[Simkin314]

Originally Posted by Archidictus

I'm not saying anyone's innocent or guilty or anything, and you're entitled to your opinions, but I'd hold out until we know for sure who was reporting these criminal acts.

Agreed. Although, I think they are using the term 'water-boarding' in the attempt to make simple acts of bullying seem well worse than they actually were. I have seen many kids bullied (and emotionally tortured) back in school and always felt for them. I wouldn't jump to conclusions though. This could all be blown well out of proportion at this stage.

[Archidictus]

Originally Posted by SDT Project EF

SPARTANS!!! AHHOOOO!!!

But seriously with the technology today I think it's pretty safe to assume they can abort children that would be born with major problems.

With that said if I had a special needs Child or had a child that later became special needs I would love it the same regardless.

Yes, your prenatal doctor will notify you if there are any glaring developmental issues or if the fetus is gene-coded for mental retardation or autism or any of the various life-destroying syndromes that we can be afflicted with.

A lot of people choose to have the kid anyway.

I know if something happened to my Andrew that left him a fat little veggie, I'd love him just as much. I'd probably cry a lot though