Re: 10 year old autistic arrested at school

[Guest guest]

This does not just concern this one incident but because it happened

at school, I would be concerned that similar " tactics " would take

place the next time your son stresses out. I would really request

that a behavior plan be put into place at school to cover future

issues.

As I understand it, being in the Indianapolis area myself, these

adults were not teachers, just people hired to watch kids after

school. They make very little money and receive no training. These

daycare facilities are separate from school, even though they meet at

the school and are not covered by IEP, etc., as I understand. My

son's psychologist insists that he NOT attend any such facility. Good

advice if you can manage it with working parents and a school that

doesn't start until 9:20 a.m. Sherry has removed her son from the

daycare and hopefully will not need to use such a facility again.

Sherry, my prayers are with you,

, mom to

[Guest guest]

Bill is a father in Pa who does police and rescue responders seminars on

how to handle autistic and AS kids. His video is no longer available to purchase

but travels around speaking to police depts. Go to autismtoday.com and you can

email him for info on what he does. We should all have him come to our areas.

All the best,

Jill

" He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths

grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the

Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will

run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. " Is. 40:29-31

[Guest guest]

We had the same thing happen when our son was 5 and again at age 7. Call the

Juvenile Justice Office where the complaint will be forwarded to by the police.

Tell them your child is Autistic and if he has an IEP and / or IBP. We had all

charges dropped or dismissed in both cases because the school (after school

programs held in the school must follow the same rules as the school) did not

follow correct procedure under the IEP and IBP.

Write me if I may offer more information.

Lynn

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[Guest guest]

I can't believe this story. It actually made me cry and I called my

husband back to read it. All I could imagine was my own little boy in

the same position. So horrible. It just breaks my heart for your

son. I agree with the others. I would call the media and sue the

pants off that day care at least and then possible the police. Our

prayers are with you.

Amber

[Guest guest]

Some " prevention advice " , a little late in your case, but is still a

good idea if you can do it.

I haven't posted lately, but this topic caught my eye because it's

something we talked about a little here previously.

Myself and our county mental health case manager, have worked together

to inform the local PD here about Jake's autism, and how things should

be handled should they be called to school or home. This way, the

police know why they are being called, and that there is a plan in

place to avoid situations like this. When dispatch is called, I (or the

school)just let them know that there is a file there for my son. Of

course the school resource officer is already aware.

Just a thought, because these things can be so traumatic for our kids.

The resource officer at school even comes and has luch with Jake at

school sometimes, just so Jake knows he's a friend.

Good luck, I know you had court today, hope all went well.

Theresa

[Guest guest]

Sherry, I hope I didn't miss any mails, but how did it go? Did they drop

charges? We've been thinking about you, and given our history the last

couple of months, our thoughts/prayers are truly with you.

Sherry Hudson wrote:

>

> Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my life. Our 10 year

> old Asperger's son was at the after school program at his school on

> Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after school program, only

> the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W and then T-F were

> fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school program because I

> don't have many days left to take off from work. By the way, the

> employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son is autistic.

>

> These bright people at the after school program decide to do a pinata

> and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's what a bunch of

> cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then gobs of candy.

> Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until they go home, they

> just get to carry it around.

>

> Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took my son's candy and

> was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but she wouldn't give it

> back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the time out, but not

> her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he was upset. He was

> crying and talking to them trying to explain. They didn't listen.

>

> During this very short time out, he never got to tell them what was

> wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back from time out, he

> took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the head with it and

> told her to leave him alone. As we all know, Aspie's are so literal

> and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on them. They just

> know they need to make it stop and they don't usually ask for help.

>

> That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset with him again and

> When she approached him about it he was scared and angry with her and

> swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the back of his hand.

> She called us to come pick him up and then she called the school

> police. The school police called the county sheriff(which they say

> is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old little boy.

>

> They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count of disorderly

> conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement. The last 2 charges

> were because he lay down on the floor and was crying because he was

> scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and kept him chained

> to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We waited for 5 hours for

> them to release him. When these other kids were coming out

> of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy in there crying.

>

> We are making him responsible for his actions - it's NEVER ok to hit,

> he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to punish him

> ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate to the point that

> anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year old child!

>

> My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out and put him in the

> paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see that.

>

> I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the same time, ever. The

> probation officers at the juvenile facility said none of them could

> believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer was told he was

> autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention it so the juvenile

> facility didn't know until we told them!

>

> Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll know Monday if they

> intend to drop the charges or proceed.

>

> We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have any ideas on how

> we should proceed?

>

> This shameful incident occurred in n County (Indianapolis)

> Indiana.

>

> Thank you for listening to my long story.

> Sherry

>

[Guest guest]

I wanted to bring everyone up to speed. They have not dropped the

charges. We were told they would know by Monday of this week if they

were going to drop the charges, but the prosecutor hasn't even

screened the case yet. We may not find out until the day of the

hearing.

However, I've been busy. Never underestimate what parents will do

to protect their children!

I've contacted a group called Indiana Protection and Advocacy

Services(IPAS). Their job is to protect the rights of disabled

citizens. I haven't heard back yet, but I bet it won't take long.

I'm also in contact with our State Department of Education -

Division of Exceptional Learners. I'm going to file a complaint for

how the school is NOT handling his autism in the classroom and find

out what can be done about day care groups on school property not

following the law on special needs kids.

I've contacted my state representative. It's election time, this

will bring them out of the woodwork.

I have not contacted the media. We're trying to protect him, and

don't want him to become a target at school because of something

someone reads in the paper or sees on TV.

As far as we know, the hearing will proceed next Wednesday @ 2P.

Keep praying for us!

Sherry

> >

> > Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my life. Our 10

year

> > old Asperger's son was at the after school program at his school

on

> > Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after school program,

only

> > the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W and then T-F

were

> > fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school program

because I

> > don't have many days left to take off from work. By the way, the

> > employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son is autistic.

> >

> > These bright people at the after school program decide to do a

pinata

> > and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's what a bunch

of

> > cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then gobs of

candy.

> > Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until they go home,

they

> > just get to carry it around.

> >

> > Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took my son's

candy and

> > was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but she wouldn't

give it

> > back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the time out, but

not

> > her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he was upset. He

was

> > crying and talking to them trying to explain. They didn't listen.

> >

> > During this very short time out, he never got to tell them what

was

> > wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back from time out,

he

> > took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the head with it

and

> > told her to leave him alone. As we all know, Aspie's are so

literal

> > and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on them. They

just

> > know they need to make it stop and they don't usually ask for

help.

> >

> > That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset with him again

and

> > When she approached him about it he was scared and angry with

her and

> > swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the back of his

hand.

> > She called us to come pick him up and then she called the school

> > police. The school police called the county sheriff(which they

say

> > is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old little boy.

> >

> > They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count of disorderly

> > conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement. The last 2

charges

> > were because he lay down on the floor and was crying because he

was

> > scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and kept him

chained

> > to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We waited for 5

hours for

> > them to release him. When these other kids were coming out

> > of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy in there

crying.

> >

> > We are making him responsible for his actions - it's NEVER ok to

hit,

> > he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to punish him

> > ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate to the point

that

> > anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year old child!

> >

> > My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out and put him

in the

> > paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see that.

> >

> > I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the same time,

ever. The

> > probation officers at the juvenile facility said none of them

could

> > believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer was told he

was

> > autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention it so the

juvenile

> > facility didn't know until we told them!

> >

> > Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll know Monday if

they

> > intend to drop the charges or proceed.

> >

> > We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have any ideas on

how

> > we should proceed?

> >

> > This shameful incident occurred in n County (Indianapolis)

> > Indiana.

> >

> > Thank you for listening to my long story.

> > Sherry

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Mom

Contact Dan Burton a congressman from Indiana his grandson is autistic as

well and he leads a battle to help these children, he went nose to nose

w/Bush to have the Homeland Security Act held from being passed because

Bush & the drug companies are in bed together as we all know. Butron maybe

of assistance ir refer you in the right direction as well..

Contact an atty as you may have legal recourse the school knows of the

little guys situation and did the police attempt to contact you during the

time your son was being transported? Do u have any communique from your

childs DR that prohibits that activity if so u are in good shape if not

get something from his DR prohibiting the police from this action in the

future, was the officer that arrested your son a certified juvie officer.

ALSO if possble download a copy of the IDEA it is an invaluable piece of

work a federal law that shuts these arrogant, pompous, pontificating asses

up in a hearbeat.

I also am battling w/idioys here in FL as my son had charges fiiled

against him for pushing his teacher away from him she this and I am not

fabricating this is 6'0 " and weighs at least 180 is 12 yrs old 53 "

tall andweighs 113 this cow amazon witch had the nerve to say she was in

fear of her safety.

We have since removed from that hell hole and began homeschooling and

he to date has stopped w/the night terrors, the attitude and more.

Excop32

--- Sherry Hudson <s1hudson@...> wrote:

> I wanted to bring everyone up to speed. They have not dropped the

> charges. We were told they would know by Monday of this week if they

> were going to drop the charges, but the prosecutor hasn't even

> screened the case yet. We may not find out until the day of the

> hearing.

>

> However, I've been busy. Never underestimate what parents will do

> to protect their children!

>

> I've contacted a group called Indiana Protection and Advocacy

> Services(IPAS). Their job is to protect the rights of disabled

> citizens. I haven't heard back yet, but I bet it won't take long.

>

> I'm also in contact with our State Department of Education -

> Division of Exceptional Learners. I'm going to file a complaint for

> how the school is NOT handling his autism in the classroom and find

> out what can be done about day care groups on school property not

> following the law on special needs kids.

>

> I've contacted my state representative. It's election time, this

> will bring them out of the woodwork.

>

> I have not contacted the media. We're trying to protect him, and

> don't want him to become a target at school because of something

> someone reads in the paper or sees on TV.

>

> As far as we know, the hearing will proceed next Wednesday @ 2P.

>

> Keep praying for us!

> Sherry

>

>

> > >

> > > Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my life. Our 10

> year

> > > old Asperger's son was at the after school program at his school

> on

> > > Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after school program,

> only

> > > the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W and then T-F

> were

> > > fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school program

> because I

> > > don't have many days left to take off from work. By the way, the

> > > employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son is autistic.

> > >

> > > These bright people at the after school program decide to do a

> pinata

> > > and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's what a bunch

> of

> > > cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then gobs of

> candy.

> > > Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until they go home,

> they

> > > just get to carry it around.

> > >

> > > Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took my son's

> candy and

> > > was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but she wouldn't

> give it

> > > back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the time out, but

> not

> > > her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he was upset. He

> was

> > > crying and talking to them trying to explain. They didn't listen.

> > >

> > > During this very short time out, he never got to tell them what

> was

> > > wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back from time out,

> he

> > > took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the head with it

> and

> > > told her to leave him alone. As we all know, Aspie's are so

> literal

> > > and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on them. They

> just

> > > know they need to make it stop and they don't usually ask for

> help.

> > >

> > > That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset with him again

> and

> > > When she approached him about it he was scared and angry with

> her and

> > > swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the back of his

> hand.

> > > She called us to come pick him up and then she called the school

> > > police. The school police called the county sheriff(which they

> say

> > > is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old little boy.

> > >

> > > They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count of disorderly

> > > conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement. The last 2

> charges

> > > were because he lay down on the floor and was crying because he

> was

> > > scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and kept him

> chained

> > > to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We waited for 5

> hours for

> > > them to release him. When these other kids were coming out

> > > of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy in there

> crying.

> > >

> > > We are making him responsible for his actions - it's NEVER ok to

> hit,

> > > he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to punish him

> > > ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate to the point

> that

> > > anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year old child!

> > >

> > > My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out and put him

> in the

> > > paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see that.

> > >

> > > I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the same time,

> ever. The

> > > probation officers at the juvenile facility said none of them

> could

> > > believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer was told he

> was

> > > autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention it so the

> juvenile

> > > facility didn't know until we told them!

> > >

> > > Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll know Monday if

> they

> > > intend to drop the charges or proceed.

> > >

> > > We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have any ideas on

> how

> > > we should proceed?

> > >

> > > This shameful incident occurred in n County (Indianapolis)

> > > Indiana.

> > >

> > > Thank you for listening to my long story.

> > > Sherry

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Sherry, your case really outraged everybody in this group. Can you find and pass

around the e-mail for the District Attorney so that all of us can tell them

about our feeling regarding the case? If she/he feels the case is getting

national attention they may move more quickly and favorably to your son and

similar cases in the future.

Thanks, and have a great day. F

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[Guest guest]

The charges have been dropped!!!!

God surely works in wonderful ways! Praise Him daily.

I want to encourage everyone to contact your state legislators. I

did, and ours was extremely helpful. He made calls and offered

support when he could've just passed me on to an aide or ignored us

completely.

I also found out that our state Autism Commission is working on

legislative recommendations to better instruct the schools on

working with autism. The legislature just doesn't know enough, and

it's up to all of us to tell them to support the legislation.

I've learned that we all have to get involved and SPEAK UP!

Don't be afraid to call the school district administration, and

school boards too.

Call your local chapter of the Autism Society of America, I did and

I couldn't have asked for better moral support and help! THANK YOU

SUSAN PIEPLES!!!

Thank you to all who supported us and prayed for us. We're going to

work very hard to put this nightmare behind us and focus on helping

our son become a productive and independent member of society.

God Bless,

Sherry

[Guest guest]

Hooray and congrats! I'd been reading the thread and am so glad for

your son! Just sorry you had to work so hard and worry to take care

of something that should never have happened!

>

> The charges have been dropped!!!!

>

> God surely works in wonderful ways! Praise Him daily.

>

>

[Guest guest]

God Bless you and your family - I am glad everything

turned out so well for you:)

a

--- Sherry Hudson <s1hudson@...> wrote:

> The charges have been dropped!!!!

>

> God surely works in wonderful ways! Praise Him

> daily.

>

> I want to encourage everyone to contact your state

> legislators. I

> did, and ours was extremely helpful. He made calls

> and offered

> support when he could've just passed me on to an

> aide or ignored us

> completely.

>

> I also found out that our state Autism Commission is

> working on

> legislative recommendations to better instruct the

> schools on

> working with autism. The legislature just doesn't

> know enough, and

> it's up to all of us to tell them to support the

> legislation.

>

> I've learned that we all have to get involved and

> SPEAK UP!

> Don't be afraid to call the school district

> administration, and

> school boards too.

>

> Call your local chapter of the Autism Society of

> America, I did and

> I couldn't have asked for better moral support and

> help! THANK YOU

> SUSAN PIEPLES!!!

>

> Thank you to all who supported us and prayed for us.

> We're going to

> work very hard to put this nightmare behind us and

> focus on helping

> our son become a productive and independent member

> of society.

>

> God Bless,

> Sherry

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Good for you. I'm so glad for you. It never should have happened but

at least now the worst part is over.

Amber

> The charges have been dropped!!!!

>

> God surely works in wonderful ways! Praise Him daily.

>

> I want to encourage everyone to contact your state legislators. I

> did, and ours was extremely helpful. He made calls and offered

> support when he could've just passed me on to an aide or ignored us

> completely.

>

> I also found out that our state Autism Commission is working on

> legislative recommendations to better instruct the schools on

> working with autism. The legislature just doesn't know enough, and

> it's up to all of us to tell them to support the legislation.

>

> I've learned that we all have to get involved and SPEAK UP!

> Don't be afraid to call the school district administration, and

> school boards too.

>

> Call your local chapter of the Autism Society of America, I did and

> I couldn't have asked for better moral support and help! THANK YOU

> SUSAN PIEPLES!!!

>

> Thank you to all who supported us and prayed for us. We're going to

> work very hard to put this nightmare behind us and focus on helping

> our son become a productive and independent member of society.

>

> God Bless,

> Sherry

>

[Guest guest]

Hooray! Double Hooray! For you, your son, and your Family!

So glad things worked out the way they did.

However, who knows maybe your hard work and phone calls may have opened

others (Legislators') eyes to the need for school instruction and training

regarding our " Special " Kids. Then maybe something positive might come out

of your families' frightening experience.

All my best.Keep us posted. :-)

Clemy

[Guest guest]

Awesome Sherry!!!! Great to hear the good news. Hugs to you and your family.

Best luck to you all...

Sherry Hudson <s1hudson@...> wrote: The charges have been

dropped!!!!

God surely works in wonderful ways! Praise Him daily.

I want to encourage everyone to contact your state legislators. I

did, and ours was extremely helpful. He made calls and offered

support when he could've just passed me on to an aide or ignored us

completely.

I also found out that our state Autism Commission is working on

legislative recommendations to better instruct the schools on

working with autism. The legislature just doesn't know enough, and

it's up to all of us to tell them to support the legislation.

I've learned that we all have to get involved and SPEAK UP!

Don't be afraid to call the school district administration, and

school boards too.

Call your local chapter of the Autism Society of America, I did and

I couldn't have asked for better moral support and help! THANK YOU

SUSAN PIEPLES!!!

Thank you to all who supported us and prayed for us. We're going to

work very hard to put this nightmare behind us and focus on helping

our son become a productive and independent member of society.

God Bless,

Sherry

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[Guest guest]

I hope this isn't throwing a wet blanket on your victory, but I was

wondering if you are going to pursue any legal action. I would like

an example to made of those at fault so people are aware that they

need to act appropriately with children or there will be

consequences. Of course it is your decision.

I am glad that justice prevailed and your son is in my prayers.

Good luck,

Debbie

[Guest guest]

I would like to add to that with: its also very important for her child to see

that others get a consequence for what they do and not just him!!! Also, what

is going to happen to that girl who started all this???? If nothing, what will

happen when she does it again?

debramelamed <melamedj@...> wrote: I hope this isn't throwing a

wet blanket on your victory, but I was

wondering if you are going to pursue any legal action. I would like

an example to made of those at fault so people are aware that they

need to act appropriately with children or there will be

consequences. Of course it is your decision.

I am glad that justice prevailed and your son is in my prayers.

Good luck,

Debbie

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

The sad thing about your comment (also important for her child to see

that others get a consequence)... I think there are privacy laws in

place now protecting the perpetrator! I know a few years ago, my NT

daughter pushed a boy who was provoking her. He stumbled over his

own feet and hit his head on the radiator or something, and

ended up with 3 days ISS for injuring him. We both asked if the

provocation was addressed and what punishment the boy received, and

we were told by the principal that she could not confide that

information. Of course the school rumor mill ran amock (sp?)... but

my point is the whole privacy issue may prevent our special kids

being exposed to the big picture and learning a bit of democratic

justice, in this situation.

I hope this isn't

throwing a wet blanket on your victory, but I was

> wondering if you are going to pursue any legal action. I would like

> an example to made of those at fault so people are aware that they

> need to act appropriately with children or there will be

> consequences. Of course it is your decision.

>

> I am glad that justice prevailed and your son is in my prayers.

>

> Good luck,

>

> Debbie

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

You are right. that is unfair. I'm sure everybody know what happened to her

son....

chaissonmary <chaissonmary@...> wrote: The sad thing about your

comment (also important for her child to see

that others get a consequence)... I think there are privacy laws in

place now protecting the perpetrator! I know a few years ago, my NT

daughter pushed a boy who was provoking her. He stumbled over his

own feet and hit his head on the radiator or something, and

ended up with 3 days ISS for injuring him. We both asked if the

provocation was addressed and what punishment the boy received, and

we were told by the principal that she could not confide that

information. Of course the school rumor mill ran amock (sp?)... but

my point is the whole privacy issue may prevent our special kids

being exposed to the big picture and learning a bit of democratic

justice, in this situation.

I hope this isn't

throwing a wet blanket on your victory, but I was

> wondering if you are going to pursue any legal action. I would like

> an example to made of those at fault so people are aware that they

> need to act appropriately with children or there will be

> consequences. Of course it is your decision.

>

> I am glad that justice prevailed and your son is in my prayers.

>

> Good luck,

>

> Debbie

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

This has shown up on the Indy Star's message board. Apparently the

charges were dropped.

http://www2.indystar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169196

[Guest guest]

I know this post was a long time ago, I'm catching up, but this story brought me

to tears. I just couldn't believe it and I'm so sorry you had to go through

that. And your little boy and husband. How aweful! I hope all turned out ok.

cyndy Roper <capricorn011557@...> wrote: I don't know how anyone

else has responded, but I have

been through this with my son several times in this

area where I am living and in this school district.

Each time the charges were dropped. The prosecuter

said he cannot prosecute a case he cannot win because

the child is not responsible for his actions due to

his disabilities-namely asperger's autism. So don't

fret over this too much. Get all of your medical

records together, pshyc records and evals together,

get a rep. from your area autism society or IMPACT

agency to go with you to the hearing and talk to the

prosecuter and I am sure this will be a horrible

experience in History for you.

God Bless,

Cyndy

--- Sherry Hudson <s1hudson@...> wrote:

> Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my

> life. Our 10 year

> old Asperger's son was at the after school program

> at his school on

> Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after

> school program, only

> the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W

> and then T-F were

> fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school

> program because I

> don't have many days left to take off from work. By

> the way, the

> employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son

> is autistic.

>

> These bright people at the after school program

> decide to do a pinata

> and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's

> what a bunch of

> cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then

> gobs of candy.

> Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until

> they go home, they

> just get to carry it around.

>

> Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took

> my son's candy and

> was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but

> she wouldn't give it

> back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the

> time out, but not

> her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he

> was upset. He was

> crying and talking to them trying to explain. They

> didn't listen.

>

> During this very short time out, he never got to

> tell them what was

> wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back

> from time out, he

> took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the

> head with it and

> told her to leave him alone. As we all know,

> Aspie's are so literal

> and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on

> them. They just

> know they need to make it stop and they don't

> usually ask for help.

>

> That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset

> with him again and

> When she approached him about it he was scared and

> angry with her and

> swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the

> back of his hand.

> She called us to come pick him up and then she

> called the school

> police. The school police called the county

> sheriff(which they say

> is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old

> little boy.

>

> They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count

> of disorderly

> conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement.

> The last 2 charges

> were because he lay down on the floor and was crying

> because he was

> scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and

> kept him chained

> to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We

> waited for 5 hours for

> them to release him. When these other kids were

> coming out

> of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy

> in there crying.

>

> We are making him responsible for his actions - it's

> NEVER ok to hit,

> he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to

> punish him

> ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate

> to the point that

> anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year

> old child!

>

> My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out

> and put him in the

> paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see

> that.

>

> I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the

> same time, ever. The

> probation officers at the juvenile facility said

> none of them could

> believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer

> was told he was

> autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention

> it so the juvenile

> facility didn't know until we told them!

>

> Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll

> know Monday if they

> intend to drop the charges or proceed.

>

> We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have

> any ideas on how

> we should proceed?

>

> This shameful incident occurred in n County

> (Indianapolis)

> Indiana.

>

> Thank you for listening to my long story.

> Sherry

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

Cyndy

[Guest guest]

Sherry.

I just now read about what happened to your son. I am in tears.

I would love to hear how everything turned out.

Essenfeld <lessen@...> wrote:

I know this post was a long time ago, I'm catching up, but this story

brought me to tears. I just couldn't believe it and I'm so sorry you had to go

through that. And your little boy and husband. How aweful! I hope all turned out

ok.

cyndy Roper <capricorn011557@...> wrote: I don't know how anyone else has

responded, but I have

been through this with my son several times in this

area where I am living and in this school district.

Each time the charges were dropped. The prosecuter

said he cannot prosecute a case he cannot win because

the child is not responsible for his actions due to

his disabilities-namely asperger's autism. So don't

fret over this too much. Get all of your medical

records together, pshyc records and evals together,

get a rep. from your area autism society or IMPACT

agency to go with you to the hearing and talk to the

prosecuter and I am sure this will be a horrible

experience in History for you.

God Bless,

Cyndy

--- Sherry Hudson <s1hudson@...> wrote:

> Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my

> life. Our 10 year

> old Asperger's son was at the after school program

> at his school on

> Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after

> school program, only

> the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W

> and then T-F were

> fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school

> program because I

> don't have many days left to take off from work. By

> the way, the

> employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son

> is autistic.

>

> These bright people at the after school program

> decide to do a pinata

> and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's

> what a bunch of

> cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then

> gobs of candy.

> Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until

> they go home, they

> just get to carry it around.

>

> Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took

> my son's candy and

> was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but

> she wouldn't give it

> back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the

> time out, but not

> her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he

> was upset. He was

> crying and talking to them trying to explain. They

> didn't listen.

>

> During this very short time out, he never got to

> tell them what was

> wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back

> from time out, he

> took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the

> head with it and

> told her to leave him alone. As we all know,

> Aspie's are so literal

> and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on

> them. They just

> know they need to make it stop and they don't

> usually ask for help.

>

> That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset

> with him again and

> When she approached him about it he was scared and

> angry with her and

> swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the

> back of his hand.

> She called us to come pick him up and then she

> called the school

> police. The school police called the county

> sheriff(which they say

> is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old

> little boy.

>

> They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count

> of disorderly

> conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement.

> The last 2 charges

> were because he lay down on the floor and was crying

> because he was

> scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and

> kept him chained

> to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We

> waited for 5 hours for

> them to release him. When these other kids were

> coming out

> of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy

> in there crying.

>

> We are making him responsible for his actions - it's

> NEVER ok to hit,

> he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to

> punish him

> ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate

> to the point that

> anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year

> old child!

>

> My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out

> and put him in the

> paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see

> that.

>

> I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the

> same time, ever. The

> probation officers at the juvenile facility said

> none of them could

> believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer

> was told he was

> autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention

> it so the juvenile

> facility didn't know until we told them!

>

> Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll

> know Monday if they

> intend to drop the charges or proceed.

>

> We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have

> any ideas on how

> we should proceed?

>

> This shameful incident occurred in n County

> (Indianapolis)

> Indiana.

>

> Thank you for listening to my long story.

> Sherry

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

Cyndy

[Guest guest]

The charges were dropped. We did find out that it's against school

district policy to have any child arrested due to their disability.

It wasn't communicated out correctly to the schools or the school

police. The superindentent actually called me personally to

apologize and assure me this would never happen again. While I know

this isn't happening now in our school district, we know it's

happened recently in others.

During the whole agonizing process I contacted many people for help

including my State Representative - Mike . He was incredibily

helpful.

He was the one who found out that the charges had been dropped. I

had been trying for days to get information, but he cut right through

it all and got the information. I want to make it clear that he

didn't pull strings, he just made a few calls to find out what the

status was. He got the information sooner than I could have, and it

really eased our minds.

Well, on Wednesday of last week, he called me again out of the blue

to tell me that a bill he sponsored, in part due to the trauma our

son went through, just passed out of the house committee

unanimously. This bill, HB 1428, will require all school police

officers to have training in how to deal with austistic kids. I am

so moved and profoundly grateful that a politician actually heard

what happened and did something good about it!

It still has to pass through the senate committee before it goes for

a full vote and my representative said they may want me to testify.

We've weighed our families need for privacy against the good this

bill will do, and we can't wait to testify! If this can prevent even

one other family from experiencing this trauma, it will be worth it.

Thanks again to all for your prayers and help.

Sherry

>

> > Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my

> > life. Our 10 year

> > old Asperger's son was at the after school program

> > at his school on

> > Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after

> > school program, only

> > the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W

> > and then T-F were

> > fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school

> > program because I

> > don't have many days left to take off from work. By

> > the way, the

> > employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son

> > is autistic.

> >

> > These bright people at the after school program

> > decide to do a pinata

> > and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's

> > what a bunch of

> > cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then

> > gobs of candy.

> > Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until

> > they go home, they

> > just get to carry it around.

> >

> > Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took

> > my son's candy and

> > was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but

> > she wouldn't give it

> > back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the

> > time out, but not

> > her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he

> > was upset. He was

> > crying and talking to them trying to explain. They

> > didn't listen.

> >

> > During this very short time out, he never got to

> > tell them what was

> > wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back

> > from time out, he

> > took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the

> > head with it and

> > told her to leave him alone. As we all know,

> > Aspie's are so literal

> > and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on

> > them. They just

> > know they need to make it stop and they don't

> > usually ask for help.

> >

> > That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset

> > with him again and

> > When she approached him about it he was scared and

> > angry with her and

> > swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the

> > back of his hand.

> > She called us to come pick him up and then she

> > called the school

> > police. The school police called the county

> > sheriff(which they say

> > is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old

> > little boy.

> >

> > They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count

> > of disorderly

> > conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement.

> > The last 2 charges

> > were because he lay down on the floor and was crying

> > because he was

> > scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and

> > kept him chained

> > to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We

> > waited for 5 hours for

> > them to release him. When these other kids were

> > coming out

> > of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy

> > in there crying.

> >

> > We are making him responsible for his actions - it's

> > NEVER ok to hit,

> > he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to

> > punish him

> > ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate

> > to the point that

> > anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year

> > old child!

> >

> > My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out

> > and put him in the

> > paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see

> > that.

> >

> > I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the

> > same time, ever. The

> > probation officers at the juvenile facility said

> > none of them could

> > believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer

> > was told he was

> > autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention

> > it so the juvenile

> > facility didn't know until we told them!

> >

> > Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll

> > know Monday if they

> > intend to drop the charges or proceed.

> >

> > We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have

> > any ideas on how

> > we should proceed?

> >

> > This shameful incident occurred in n County

> > (Indianapolis)

> > Indiana.

> >

> > Thank you for listening to my long story.

> > Sherry

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

> Cyndy

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sherry,

that is so awesome! Some good will come out of all this. Thanks

for that information too & the update.

Take care,Betty

s1star <s1hudson@...> wrote:

The charges were dropped. We did find out that it's against school

district policy to have any child arrested due to their disability.

It wasn't communicated out correctly to the schools or the school

police. The superindentent actually called me personally to

apologize and assure me this would never happen again. While I know

this isn't happening now in our school district, we know it's

happened recently in others.

During the whole agonizing process I contacted many people for help

including my State Representative - Mike . He was incredibily

helpful.

He was the one who found out that the charges had been dropped. I

had been trying for days to get information, but he cut right through

it all and got the information. I want to make it clear that he

didn't pull strings, he just made a few calls to find out what the

status was. He got the information sooner than I could have, and it

really eased our minds.

Well, on Wednesday of last week, he called me again out of the blue

to tell me that a bill he sponsored, in part due to the trauma our

son went through, just passed out of the house committee

unanimously. This bill, HB 1428, will require all school police

officers to have training in how to deal with austistic kids. I am

so moved and profoundly grateful that a politician actually heard

what happened and did something good about it!

It still has to pass through the senate committee before it goes for

a full vote and my representative said they may want me to testify.

We've weighed our families need for privacy against the good this

bill will do, and we can't wait to testify! If this can prevent even

one other family from experiencing this trauma, it will be worth it.

Thanks again to all for your prayers and help.

Sherry

>

> > Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my

> > life. Our 10 year

> > old Asperger's son was at the after school program

> > at his school on

> > Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after

> > school program, only

> > the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W

> > and then T-F were

> > fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school

> > program because I

> > don't have many days left to take off from work. By

> > the way, the

> > employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son

> > is autistic.

> >

> > These bright people at the after school program

> > decide to do a pinata

> > and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's

> > what a bunch of

> > cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then

> > gobs of candy.

> > Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until

> > they go home, they

> > just get to carry it around.

> >

> > Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took

> > my son's candy and

> > was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but

> > she wouldn't give it

> > back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the

> > time out, but not

> > her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he

> > was upset. He was

> > crying and talking to them trying to explain. They

> > didn't listen.

> >

> > During this very short time out, he never got to

> > tell them what was

> > wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back

> > from time out, he

> > took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the

> > head with it and

> > told her to leave him alone. As we all know,

> > Aspie's are so literal

> > and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on

> > them. They just

> > know they need to make it stop and they don't

> > usually ask for help.

> >

> > That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset

> > with him again and

> > When she approached him about it he was scared and

> > angry with her and

> > swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the

> > back of his hand.

> > She called us to come pick him up and then she

> > called the school

> > police. The school police called the county

> > sheriff(which they say

> > is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old

> > little boy.

> >

> > They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count

> > of disorderly

> > conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement.

> > The last 2 charges

> > were because he lay down on the floor and was crying

> > because he was

> > scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and

> > kept him chained

> > to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We

> > waited for 5 hours for

> > them to release him. When these other kids were

> > coming out

> > of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy

> > in there crying.

> >

> > We are making him responsible for his actions - it's

> > NEVER ok to hit,

> > he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to

> > punish him

> > ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate

> > to the point that

> > anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year

> > old child!

> >

> > My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out

> > and put him in the

> > paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see

> > that.

> >

> > I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the

> > same time, ever. The

> > probation officers at the juvenile facility said

> > none of them could

> > believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer

> > was told he was

> > autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention

> > it so the juvenile

> > facility didn't know until we told them!

> >

> > Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll

> > know Monday if they

> > intend to drop the charges or proceed.

> >

> > We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have

> > any ideas on how

> > we should proceed?

> >

> > This shameful incident occurred in n County

> > (Indianapolis)

> > Indiana.

> >

> > Thank you for listening to my long story.

> > Sherry

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

> Cyndy

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Great news Sherry!

Roxanna

Re: ( ) 10 year old autistic arrested at school

The charges were dropped. We did find out that it's against school

district policy to have any child arrested due to their disability.

It wasn't communicated out correctly to the schools or the school

police. The superindentent actually called me personally to

apologize and assure me this would never happen again. While I know

this isn't happening now in our school district, we know it's

happened recently in others.

During the whole agonizing process I contacted many people for help

including my State Representative - Mike . He was incredibily

helpful.

He was the one who found out that the charges had been dropped. I

had been trying for days to get information, but he cut right through

it all and got the information. I want to make it clear that he

didn't pull strings, he just made a few calls to find out what the

status was. He got the information sooner than I could have, and it

really eased our minds.

Well, on Wednesday of last week, he called me again out of the blue

to tell me that a bill he sponsored, in part due to the trauma our

son went through, just passed out of the house committee

unanimously. This bill, HB 1428, will require all school police

officers to have training in how to deal with austistic kids. I am

so moved and profoundly grateful that a politician actually heard

what happened and did something good about it!

It still has to pass through the senate committee before it goes for

a full vote and my representative said they may want me to testify.

We've weighed our families need for privacy against the good this

bill will do, and we can't wait to testify! If this can prevent even

one other family from experiencing this trauma, it will be worth it.

Thanks again to all for your prayers and help.

Sherry

>

> > Well, I must say this has been the worst week of my

> > life. Our 10 year

> > old Asperger's son was at the after school program

> > at his school on

> > Monday. Normally, he doesn't attend the after

> > school program, only

> > the morning program. However, they had 1/2 days M-W

> > and then T-F were

> > fall break. Anyway, I sent him to the after school

> > program because I

> > don't have many days left to take off from work. By

> > the way, the

> > employees of this 'daycare' at school know our son

> > is autistic.

> >

> > These bright people at the after school program

> > decide to do a pinata

> > and give these kids big bags of candy. Yeah, that's

> > what a bunch of

> > cooped up kids need, a pinata to whack on, and then

> > gobs of candy.

> > Oh, but they're not allowed to eat the candy until

> > they go home, they

> > just get to carry it around.

> >

> > Well, as I'm sure you all can guess, some girl took

> > my son's candy and

> > was teasing him. He asked her for the candy, but

> > she wouldn't give it

> > back so he pushed her. Needless to say, he got the

> > time out, but not

> > her. They wouldn't even listen to him about why he

> > was upset. He was

> > crying and talking to them trying to explain. They

> > didn't listen.

> >

> > During this very short time out, he never got to

> > tell them what was

> > wrong, so he never calmed down. When he came back

> > from time out, he

> > took his candy bag and whacked this girl upside the

> > head with it and

> > told her to leave him alone. As we all know,

> > Aspie's are so literal

> > and do not ever understand why anyone is picking on

> > them. They just

> > know they need to make it stop and they don't

> > usually ask for help.

> >

> > That got the after school 'camp counselor' upset

> > with him again and

> > When she approached him about it he was scared and

> > angry with her and

> > swung his arm out. He hit her in the face with the

> > back of his hand.

> > She called us to come pick him up and then she

> > called the school

> > police. The school police called the county

> > sheriff(which they say

> > is 'policy'), and they arrested this 10 year old

> > little boy.

> >

> > They charged him with 2 counts of battery, 1 count

> > of disorderly

> > conduct, & 1 count of resisting law enforcement.

> > The last 2 charges

> > were because he lay down on the floor and was crying

> > because he was

> > scared. They took him to the juvenile facility and

> > kept him chained

> > to a bench with 15, 16, & 17 year old kids. We

> > waited for 5 hours for

> > them to release him. When these other kids were

> > coming out

> > of 'lockup', all we heard about was this little boy

> > in there crying.

> >

> > We are making him responsible for his actions - it's

> > NEVER ok to hit,

> > he has to tell an adult, etc - and we had planned to

> > punish him

> > ourselves. I just can't believe this would escalate

> > to the point that

> > anyone would ever think its ok to arrest a 10 year

> > old child!

> >

> > My husband arrived in time for them to walk him out

> > and put him in the

> > paddy wagon. It nearly broke him in two to see

> > that.

> >

> > I've never been so afraid, angry, and sad at the

> > same time, ever. The

> > probation officers at the juvenile facility said

> > none of them could

> > believe that he got arrested. The arresting officer

> > was told he was

> > autistic, but his arrest report didn't even mention

> > it so the juvenile

> > facility didn't know until we told them!

> >

> > Well, now it's in the prosecutor's hands. We'll

> > know Monday if they

> > intend to drop the charges or proceed.

> >

> > We need prayers and we need help. Does anyone have

> > any ideas on how

> > we should proceed?

> >

> > This shameful incident occurred in n County

> > (Indianapolis)

> > Indiana.

> >

> > Thank you for listening to my long story.

> > Sherry

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

> Cyndy

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