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| Subject: Children with autism caged and abused at OZschwitz school Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:11 am | |
| Disturbing allegations have emerged about widespread abuse of children with disabilities in the classroom following the suspension of a principal at a school where a cage was built for a 10-year-old boy with autism, to control his behaviour.
Children are regularly shut in isolation rooms, tied to furniture or physically restrained by staff at some schools, according to the country's leading advocacy group which blames inadequate teacher training.
Children with Disability Australia chief executive Stephanie Gotlib described the practices as "abuse", saying the organisation was fielding an increasing number of calls from parents distressed at the treatment of their children.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/children-with-autism-caged-and-abused-at-school-20150402-1mbt48.html |
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