Indiana Teacher Cleared of Charges in Restraint of Child with Autism

Posted by on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

The Indiana Court of Appeals dropped charges against a special education teacher in connection with her restraint of 12-year-old boy with autism. When the student began striking himself in the classroom, she and her aide taped socks over the boy’s hands, used orthopedic belts to tie his legs to a chair, then tipped the chair [...]

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