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Florida kindergarten votes autistic kid out of their class

July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I shake my head in bewilderment

Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son’s kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class.

After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn’t like about Barton’s 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher said they were going to take a vote, Barton said.

By a 14 to 2 margin, the class voted him out of the class.

Barton said her son is in the process of being diagnosed with Aspberger’s, a type of high-functioning autism.

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Tags: Disability Rights · Education · News

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  • 1 Caz // Jul 14, 2008 at 9:56 am

    Reminds me of the time a young IHC child here in NZ was told to leave the school or be beaten up by the parents of the children at his school; because he was taking all their learning time.

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