Autistic Child Bullied By Teachers - Please Read. - Page 4

On April 26 2012 12:12 Reborn8u wrote:
I can't believe people are actually sticking up for this. All of them should loose there jobs, any adult who was there and didn't blow the whistle is at fault. Treating an innocent child like that is just evil.

I'd bet some of you would feel differently if it was your child being treated like this.

On April 26 2012 11:22 zakmaa wrote:
This is actually ridiculous. The fact that a teacher would do this is not so surprising to me, teachers are put under tremendous stress and are after all, people. And they make mistakes, even if they are consistent. That however does not excuse the action, I signed the petition because I think that she should be fired. She obviously isn't cut out to work with children, especially mentally disabled ones. I feel bad for her class.
What does surprise me, however, is how the union and/or principle and/or board of education reacted to the wire. They could easily listen to voices in real life and determine whether or not it is her. Alternatively, they themselves could wire the room for a day and listen in, if they don't believe it (assuming that's why she's not fired). But the fact that they are so reluctant to talk to Akian's parents or to do anything about this is truly what's surprising to me.

I hope something's done about this.

On April 26 2012 10:45 foxSC wrote:
its life, its what happens in nature, strong taking advantage of the weak. just it happens alot more nowadays because there are alot more weak people living now as compared to even 50 or 100 years ago. need to remove the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself. if you have an autistic kid, you should try again imo. survival of the fittest.

On April 26 2012 11:18 BlackJack wrote:
Not sure why this has gone viral. Yeah, she was inappropriate, rude, and not a very good teacher. On the other hand, someone was fired over it, the rest of the teachers seemed to receive some disciplinary action, and the behavior she displayed probably wouldn't even make the top 100 of terrible teachers for the year. Being a special needs teacher is also probably one of the hardest jobs in the world.

On April 26 2012 11:21 screamingpalm wrote:

It was your "Inability is borne of weakness" that set me off I think. It is amazing to me how ignorant American society is sometimes. Some blame can probably be put on Christian conservatism, seeing the disabled as "cursed" or some such nonsense. The fascist condemnation of genetic imperfections and diabilities of this country set me off into a rage.

Now take into consideration that I have multiple sleeping disorders, which drain my energy and keep me from being productive in society. Unlike my mother, it is not a "physical" disability which I might be able to have some kind of control over and can put an effort to fight against.

On April 26 2012 12:43 Cyro wrote:
Young teachers etc are generally careless and unprofessional.. ive seen a few even talk about a one night stand the night before in earshot of a class full of young children (~7-9yrs old?)

On April 26 2012 13:58 jliu wrote:


I just wanted to insert that the lack of care for the marginalized probably is related to something other than American culture or even Christianity. If anything Christianity speaks against what popular culture would believe. If you check out John 9 in the bible, you'll see that disabled are not outcasts to God but are beloved and included in His purposes.

Inability is weakness, certainly, but when did our identities and personhood become reduced to what we can do, what we have, race, socioeconomic status, etc...? I think that's the real question. I deal with significant depression and anxiety and I can say that finding the answer to that question either frees you or condemns you. It's worth asking.