Autistic boy's parents claim school bus aid beat him

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Autistic boy's parents claim school bus aid beat him

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Eladio and his wife are

looking for answers. They want to know what happened on a special

needs school bus last Wednesday. They believe an aid on the school

bus hit the little boy.

Eladio says his five year old son, who is autistic, was being dropped

off in front of their home when he noticed something was wrong. " She

actually go outside the bus an point my kid with finger in the face.

Saying that he's so fussy guy, a crazy guy, talking with him like a

normal adult person. "

But his son Edwin is far from being an adult. He's in a special pre-

school for autistic children. says he can be fussy, and he

can get a little crazy at times, but he's just a boy. " They are

special kids you know; they have to be careful with them. "

says what the bus aid said next was more offensive. " He don't follow

the rules, and stuff. That's when she called my son a retard. "

says he took his son into the house. That's when he noticed

the red marks on his Edwin's face. " I ask my son why were you being

mean on the bus? What happened? So the first thing my kid told me was

she punched me. She punched me. " took pictures of the red

marks with his cell phone camera. Then, he took action. He called the

Salt Lake City School District traffic safety coordinator. He also

filed a police report, but he says so far, nothing has changed. " I

actually have seen the lady riding on the bus still with the kids. "

Salt Lake School District Spokesperson, Olsen, says the

investigation continues, but so far no evidence has been found to

support the family's claims. " Allegations such as these, any behavior

like that, is not tolerated. That is why we welcome that police

investigation. If something happened we really want to know and make

sure that student feels safe on that bus again. " Olsen says another

aid will be added to the bus as a precaution until the investigation

is completed.

says, it might take awhile for his son to feel safe again. "

He used to get excited when he saw the bus outside because he is

excited to go to school. Right now he saw the bus and he was crying.

He doesn't want to go on the bus anymore. "

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