MARGATE (CBSMiami) – John Fishley and his spouse Finola Long are mother and father to 5-year-old twins Amani and Amari, who have autism.
Both are nonverbal, and Amani wants particular consideration, in accordance with his father.
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“He has tantrums, he self harms and throws himself on the ground,” mentioned Fishley.
But nothing may put together him for what he noticed in a video offered by a therapist, who was of their son’s pre-Ok particular wants classroom at Morrow Elementary in North Lauderdale a pair weeks in the past.
In the video, you see a teacher’s assistant grabbing Amani and pulling him to a chair and repeatedly making an attempt to drive him to sit down down.
Fishley and his spouse imagine the actions are baby abuse.
“It was quite horrible to see him being treated worse than an animal,” Fishley mentioned.
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Fishley mentioned after seeing the video they went to the Broward Sheriff’s Office to file a report they usually contacted the principal.
“We found out Wednesday and the principal said she would launch an investigation on Friday,” mentioned Fishley.
But Fishley believes the principal was knowledgeable concerning the incident shortly after it occurred May 10.
CBS4 despatched the video to the Broward School District. Spokesman John Sullivan responded in an announcement:
“Priority is to provide a safe learning environment for all students. The district will immediately look into the video and take any Necessary actions.”
Fishley and his spouse say on the very least the teacher’s assistant needs to be faraway from the classroom, they usually say what they noticed has opened their eyes to what their youngsters will maintain dealing with.
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“If you are not there, they are open to abuse because they can’t speak for themselves,” he mentioned.