Stuart Chaifetz was taken back when he heard that his 10 year old son Akian was getting into trouble at school. His teacher claimed he was having violent outbursts and hitting his teacher in his classroom of other children with disabilities. Akian had never shown this type of behavior at home so his father was very shocked and skeptical. He decided to meet with Akian's teachers and brought in a behaviorist to examine his son's behavior. The behaviorist sat through many of his classes and witnessed none of what the teacher described. Chaifetz finally had enough and sent his son to school with a recorder attached to him in order to record audio throughout his school day. He was heartbroken and furious when he heard what was going on at school. His autistic son was being extremely bullied by not other kids his age, but by the teachers. They were yelling at him to shut up, calling him names, and having explicit adult conversation right in front of the kids. Chaifetz could not believe what he was hearing. "I want an apology, not for me, but so one day I can play this video back for my son and say Akian, you didn't deserve anything that happened to you. I'm not going to sue anybody. I'm not going to file a lawsuit. It's not about money. It's about dignity. This is to reclaim my son's dignity." He asks for a public apology and that they resign. The teachers have not yet been fired.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfkscHt96R0&feature=player_embedded#!
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/stuart-chaifetz-secretly-tapes-autistic-son-school-discovers-220500111.html
That's horrible! How were other students not telling their parents about this?
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