RE: Have any of you seen this...

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I am sickened. What a sick Œblankety blank¹ that did that to this poor

soul! Liz.

On 7/13/04 10:02 AM, " mvargos " <ftrevino@...> wrote:

> Last summer my son was enrolled in Camp We All. The first day my

> husband and I stayed with him to make sure all was well....it was

> terrible! There were children that they didn't know names of, the

> ratio was 20-25 kids to one teacher, there was a horrindous bathroom

> incident with another child that I cannot even mention without

> getting ill to my stomach and the staff seemed as though they

> advertised at a local halfway house. After two hours of sitting with

> my son we got up and left and never looked back! I really hope that

> these parent sue the crap out of the school district to teach them a

> lesson.

>

> Parents claim HISD cover-up in son's alleged rape

> Suit says autistic boy, 13, attacked at summer school

> By HARVEY RICE

> Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

>

> The parents of a developmentally disabled, autistic boy filed a

> federal lawsuit Monday accusing HISD of covering up an investigation

> into allegations that he was sodomized during a summer school program

> two years ago.

>

> " It's frightening knowing whoever hurt my child is around other

> people's children, " said the boy's 40-year-old mother.

>

> The Houston woman and her 47-year-old husband allege in their lawsuit

> that their son was attacked a day before his 14th birthday while

> attending Camp We All summer school at Waltrip High School.

>

> The boy is unable to communicate because of his handicaps and could

> not tell his parents or investigators what happened.

>

> The lawsuit alleges that the Houston Independent School District

> failed to provide information that would have allowed investigators

> to determine who took the child out of the classroom that day.

>

> HISD spokeswoman Villarreal said she could not comment

> because the school district hasn't received a copy of the lawsuit.

>

> Estella Olguin, spokeswoman for County Children's Protective

> Services, said the school district cooperated with a CPS

> investigation and conducted its own investigation.

>

> The CPS investigation concluded that a preponderance of evidence

> showed that the boy was raped.

>

> The boy was agitated and disruptive during a computer lab the day of

> the alleged assault so an assistant principal gave permission for him

> to be taken out of the class for a walk, according to the CPS report.

>

> The report also said bruising on the boy's wrists appeared to show

> that he was held down and a bruise on his outer thigh appeared to be

> caused when he was pinned down.

>

> The plaintiffs' lawyer, Randal Kallinen, said his clients notified

> the school district the day of the alleged assault. They want to know

> why the school district was unable to determine what happened to the

> boy when he was taken from the classroom, he said.

>

> " Are they saying that a few hours later no one knows who took him out

> of the classroom? " Kallinen asked.

>

> Houston Police Department spokesman Alvin said the case was

> inactive but open. Police were unable to identify a suspect because

> the victim is unable to communicate and no DNA evidence was found,

> said.

>

> Kallinen said the parents hope to force the school district to change

> its policies to ensure that other disabled children won't be

> subjected to sexual abuse.

>

> The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

>

>

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> Texas Autism Advocacy

>

>

> Unlocking Autism

> www.UnlockingAutism.org

>

> Autism-Awareness-Action

> Worldwide internet group for parents who have a

> child with AUTISM.

>

> SeekingJoyinDisability - Prayer support for those touched by Disability:

> SeekingJoyinDisability/

>

>

>

>

>

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Aliza - Here is the link to the story in the Houston Chronicle.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2677202

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Re: Have any of you seen this...

This is extremely frightening and infuriating, but not

unexpected. Every day that I send my 6 year old

daughter to school I fear the worst. I hope these

parents sue the living @#$%! out of HISD and win big

time. The entire district should be shut down.

Could you please post the link to this article so that

we can forward it?

Thanks,

Aliza

[Guest guest]

The story " Parents claim HISD cover-up in son's alleged rape " of an autistic

boy, 13, attacked at summer school at Camp We All in HISD was published in

the Houston Chronicle today so you can go to their website today to read it,

after today it will be considered an archived file and you would probably be

charged for viewing it. However, the writer's e-mail address was supplied at

the bottom of the article-- _harvey.rice@..._

(mailto:harvey.rice@...)

[Guest guest]

Not to scare everyone silly, but this is NOT as isolated an event as we would

all like to believe. The Autism Society of Greater Tarrant County somewhat

regularly handles calls of this nature....from all over the state. Kids with

autism, both male and female, are regularly victimized (raped, beaten, robbed,

etc.) by victimizers including other special needs kids on a far too frequent

basis. One instance from another part of the state that particularly sticks in

my mind was of an older boy with autism who was repeatedly raped at Special

Olympics events by another special Olympian. Talk about sick....

This is just one of many reasons why ASGTC brought in Dennis Debbaudt last

summer to train area police officers...not because we thought people with autism

were going to COMMIT crimes, but because they have a much, much higher than

average chance of being the VICTIMS of crimes of all kinds.

If you ever have a chance to become familiar with any of Dennis' work or attend

one of his trainings, I would highly advise it. He has special trainings for

parents on how to keep your children safe. Dennis is also a parent of a young

adult male with autism.

nna

P.S. One of many reasons why I could no longer handle being ASGTC

president...too much really hard stuff to deal with on a continual basis!!!