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Shrub Oak International School was the subject of an expose by ProPublica, which detailed some parents' concerns about treatment of students. Employee at Westchester school for autism arrested for ...
Media portrayals of autism and violence negatively influence public opinion on autism [27] and foster negative impressions of autistic people by linking ASD with criminal behavior. [33] For example, an analysis of 100 French and Italian works of children's and young people's literature published between 1995 and 2005 featuring a main character ...
In 2015, an autistic 11-year-old middle school student in Lynchburg, Virginia, was arrested for an incident that began with the kicking of a trash can, which resulted in the student being grabbed, slammed to the ground, and taken away in handcuffs. He was charged with disorderly conduct and later with felony assault on a police officer. [21] [9]
A Nevada couple was arrested on Tuesday after authorities found their 11-year-old son with autism held in a metal cage, wearing only a diaper with feces smeared on the cage's floor.
Stigmatization of autism can also be perpetuated by advertising from autism conversion organizations, such as Autism Speaks' advertising wherein a mother describes having considered murder-suicide in front of her autistic daughter or the NYU Child Study Center's advertisements where autism is personified as a kidnapper holding children for ransom.
And it’s not OK,” said parent Heidi Fenton, who has a 13-year-old daughter with autism. Many parents said their children have had suicidal thoughts and are now needing mental health services.
Lacey Ellen Fletcher (November 25, 1985 – January 3, 2022) was autistic and reportedly experienced bullying in high school. Her parents, Sheila and Clay Fletcher, later withdrew her from school in favor of homeschooling. Sheila and Clay were known to complain about Lacey, stating that they had not wanted to be caregivers when they became parents.
In 2002, 1 in every 150 eight-year-old children received an ASD diagnosis. In 2020, the figure was 1 in every 36, according to the CDC.