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Missing 4 year old boy with autism found dead in Georgia pond

Kyuss Williams missing 4-year-old boy with autism found dead in pond after wandering off from Georgia apartments he and his family were visiting. No charges.  A 4-year-old boy who wandered from a Georgia home was found dead Tuesday in a lake...

Special needs student beaten as 3 Texas teachers aides watch on

Three Aldine ISD aides are fired after an 11 year old special needs boy is beaten as the teachers aides watched on and failed to intervene. Teacher training brought in to question. Disconcert has come to the fore after video...

Florida dad & girlfriend lock 14 yr old autistic son in 6 x 10 shed

Harry Richard Shoemaker and Jennifer Ann Hines, Arcadia Florida father and live in girlfriend arrested locking 14 year old autistic son in 6 x 10 shed ongoing.  Probably not the parents of the year .... A Florida father and his...
Melissa Doss Palm Bay Florida

Florida mom charged with keeping autistic girl in cage

Melissa Doss Palm Bay Florida woman charged with keeping severely autistic girl in cage inside filth strewn house with no working bathrooms.  A Florida woman has been arrested for reportedly locking her autistic child in a cage at her home,...
Nicholas Husted San Jose Ca

San Jose dad says mom who killed 7 yr old special needs son is not a bad mom during...

Nicholas Husted San Jose California father attends vigil for his slain 7 year old special needs son, after the boy's mother was charged in Liam Husted's murder.  'I’m sorry, I had to do this,'  A California woman suspected of killing her...
Matthew Ponomarenko Parma Ohio

Parma Ohio dad kills autistic son, 5, with baseball bat after hearing voices

Matthew Ponomarenko Parma, Ohio man calls 911 to say he beat his 5-year-old son, Jax to death with a baseball bat after hearing voices. Had prior case of child endangerment.  An Ohio man told a police dispatcher he killed his...
Carter Kimball Spirit Airlines autism face mask

Right decision? Spirit Airlines kicks off boy, 4, w/ autism off flight over mask

Carter Kimball Spirit Airlines kicks four year old non verbal autistic boy along with his father off flight over face mask despite doctor's exemption note.  Spirit Airlines has come under fire after forcibly removing an autistic boy and his dad...
Niccole Lane Lincoln Nebraska

Nebraska mom arrested after 5 year old autistic boy found in middle of rush hour traffic

Niccole Lane Lincoln Nebraska woman arrested 5 year old autistic son is found in middle of rush hour traffic while mother went out to get drunk. A Lincoln, Nebraska mother has been charged with child abuse after her five-year-old son...
Eric Parsa lawsuit

Lawsuit: Autistic teen dies after Louisiana cops sit on him for 9 minutes

Eric Parsa lawsuit: Parents of severely autistic teen boy file suit against Jefferson Parish officers for use of excessive force & negligence & violation of civil rights causing teen's death following episode.  A Louisiana couple have blamed police for the...
Sayeed Neilson

Tennessee man beats 14 year old stepbrother w/ autism to death as mom watched

Rebecca Greenwood & David Matheny charged in beating death of Sayeed Neilson 14 year old Tennessee autistic teen after mom failed to stop victim's brother.  A Tennessee man beat his 14 year old stepbrother to death at a home in Hermitage,...
Emily Owen Norfolk

West Norfolk teen dies in hospital after coronavirus world closing in on her suicide attempt

Emily Owen Norfolk teen dies in hospital days after attempting to take her own life as a result of coronavirus world closing in on her mental health woes.  A West Norfolk teenage girl who feared being isolated with coronavirus has died...
Beau Brennan Belson

5 year old autistic Six Lakes boy who went missing on Xmas Day found dead

5 year old Six Lakes, Michigan boy with autism, Beau Brennan Belson found dead after going missing on Christmas Day while playing in his grandmother's front yard. A 5 year old Michigan boy with autism who went missing on Christmas...
Trina Abrams

Discipline? Kentucky special education teacher dragging autistic student pleads not guilty

Trina Abrams a special educations teacher at a Kentucky elementary school pleads not guilty to assault charges after video shows her dragging a nine year old autistic boy through school corridors.  A special education teacher caught on video dragging a 9...
Maddox Ritch

6 year old North Carolina boy with autism missing: Dad blames himself

Maddox Scott Ritch: Autistic- Gastonia, North Carolina six year old goes missing during visit at Rankin Lake Park. Was he abducted?  A six year old North Carolina boy with autism has gone missing, with the child's frantic parents appealing for the safe...
Shakayla Denson

Tampa mother tosses four year old autistic daughter to her death into Hillsborough river

Shakayla Denson a Tampa, Florida mother charged with first degree murder after throwing her four year old autistic diagnosed daughter, Je'Hyrah Daniels into river. A four year old Florida girl died Thursday afternoon following her mother wading into a Tampa...