For more audio and information, please visit www.hnva.net/teacherbully Contact info: Akian5@comcast.net Sign the petition here: www.change.org News Coverage www.myfoxphilly.com www.nbcphiladelphia.com My name is Stuart Chaifetz, and my son, Akian, is a ten-year old boy who has Autism. Akian has always been a sweet and non-violent child, and that is why it was so distressing when notes started coming home from his school, Horace Mann Elementary in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, saying that he was having violent outbursts, including him hitting his teacher and aide. I could not understand why this was happening. I had never witnessed Akian hit anyone, nor could I dream of him lashing out as had been described to me. In October, I had a meeting with the IEP team (the teacher, school social worker, occupational therapist and speech teacher) to try to figure out what was going on. From that meeting, a behaviorist was called in who wrote a report. I sat down with the behaviorist on February 8, 2012 to review the findings. It was pointless; even though the behaviorist was in the classroom a number of times, not only had he never witnessed any violent event, but when he tried to create a scenario that would cause one to happen, he failed. Something was terribly wrong. I felt I was beginning to lose my son — that these outbursts were changing his very nature. The teacher and school social worker tried to downplay it, to the point of almost mocking me for my concern. But I knew my son …
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
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- My sensory perceptions are disordered
- Distinguish between won’t and can’t
- I am a concrete thinker. I interpret language literally
- Be patient with my limited vocabulary
- Because language is so difficult for me, I am very visually oriented
- Focus and build on what I can do rather than what I can’t do
- Help me with social interactions
- Identify what triggers my meltdowns
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