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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,739 posts)
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 03:47 PM Sep 2019

Mother furious after discovering school's plan to put son with autism's desk in bathroom

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- A woman is furious with the Bellingham School District because of how she says they treated her son.

Danielle Goodwyn says her 11-year-old son Lucas has special needs and requires a quiet learning environment. She says she received a shock this week when she went into her son's classroom at Whatcom Middle School.

"The teacher informed us that he would be studying in the bathroom," she said.

In a photo that Goodwyn took, a desk is seen sitting over the toilet, and a chair is next to the sink.

"And a napping mat, so he was expected to use that mat to sleep on the bathroom floor," she said.

Goodwyn tells Q13 News that Lucas has autism and loud sounds are a trigger for him.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mother-furious-after-discovering-schools-plan-to-put-son-with-autisms-desk-in-bathroom/ar-AAHAwN7

WTF? You don't treat any child that way special needs or not.

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Mother furious after discovering school's plan to put son with autism's desk in bathroom (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 OP
Alternative learning space??? It's a TOILET!!! Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 #1
I'd say they can wall up half the principal's office for that child, if necessary... hlthe2b Sep 2019 #2

Arkansas Granny

(31,506 posts)
1. Alternative learning space??? It's a TOILET!!!
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 04:03 PM
Sep 2019

Did they have any thought as to what that would do to the child's self esteem?

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)
2. I'd say they can wall up half the principal's office for that child, if necessary...
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 04:15 PM
Sep 2019

This only underscores the cruelty being perpetuated in our society.

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