Comments on: Kindergartner Voted Out By Students

Outraged Mom Of Special Needs Son Talks Exclusively With The Early Show

[ladytaraxyz]

I have a seven year old son who has aspergers. He has a higher IQ than most children his age. He is special needs, but only for language. I think some of the comments I have read here against special needs children in the classroom has a nazi ring to it. I wonder if people like this would be all for exterminating people who don''t walk and talk like they do.

With my son, you wouldn''t be even able to tell he was different from other children his age. Aspergers children can be just as normal as any one else, and then others have a more difficult time. I would never dream of a child who had problems being kicked out of my son''s class. I pay taxes which pay the teachers wages, so therefore my son has a right to go to any school that any other child can. I say if you don''t like it, you pay for your child to go to a private school.

This whole things just goes to show how evil and dark people''s heart have become. There is no morality left. My heart breaks for the mother of that child. What happened is the worst thing that could happen to a child with Aspergers. I wouldn''t wish this syndrome on any family, not to even those who have hate for those who are different.

[ladytaraxyz]

I have a seven year old son who has aspergers. He has a higher IQ than most children his age. He is special needs, but only for language. I think some of the comments I have read here against special needs children in the classroom has a nazi ring to it. I wonder if people like this would be all for exterminating people who don''t walk and talk like they do.

With my son, you wouldn''t be even able to tell he was different from other children his age. Aspergers children can be just as normal as any one else, and then others have a more difficult time. I would never dream of a child who had problems being kicked out of my son''s class. I pay taxes which pay the teachers wages, so therefore my son has a right to go to any school that any other child can. I say if you don''t like it, you pay for your child to go to a private school.

This whole things just goes to show how evil and dark people''s heart have become. There is no morality left. My heart breaks for the mother of that child. What happened is the worst thing that could happen to a child with Aspergers. I wouldn''t wish this syndrome on any family, not to even those who have hate for those who are different.

[marcia2621]

That teacher should be fired. God forbid she has a disabled child of her own. My heart goes out to the child as well as his family. I certainly hope the mother files a lawsuit, Whether its a teacher or anyone else they have no right at all to act in such behavior with a child. If the school board doesn''t take proper action then, they are to be liable as well.

[cyng1]

I''ve been going to school with my son for the last two months, why? Because the school my son attends has some major issues, this school is run more like a prison than a public school. I''ve seen children berated and abused, with children services and the school district refusing to take action.
I''ve seen teachers pick on one child and favor another. Now understand this, these children are not special needs.
My son who is deaf and therefore special needs, has never once been disciplined. Is he one of those students you want out of mainstream? Should he be voted out of his class, should I have to home school him? Then I have to ask about mainstreaming or contained classrooms. I would love to have my son in a contained classroom, however the district states they cannot budget for a contained classroom for so few of students. Also there are no private schools available in my area for a deaf child, I would love to get my son out of public schools, especially this one.
Before you blame disruptions in the class on just the special needs children, go visit your child''s class, you might find a completely different scenario as I did. My son''s interpreter is constantly being distracted by the mainstream students, therefore my son is missing out on part of his education.

[autismmom5]

Hey drievelphobe get off your high horse! Autistic children are not lepers. I am sure your kids have some sort of "defect". Let''s vote them out too for some insensitive reason. I say we vote out drivelphobe. Does anyone want to hear from this person anymore?

[autismmom5]

Hey drievelphobe get off your high horse! Autistic children are not lepers. I am sure your kids have some sort of "defect". Let''s vote them out too for some insensitive reason. I say we vote out drivelphobe. Does anyone want to hear from this person anymore?

[sgtrock64]

Before you make a judgment, read the incident report published on Slate''s website.

I''m not surprised to see so many "special needs" parents moaning and groaning about how wrong or awful it is that these students were invited to tell crayon-eating, desk kicking, booger picking Alex exactly what they thought of him, of how horrible it was that his teacher decided to maintain a safe and civil environment by applying a little peer pressure to Alex. You are all so focused on your child that you couldn''t care less what having a disruption like Alex means to the other 16 kids in that class. As a parent, I am tired of my child having to deal with this kind of nonsense simply to make you feel like your child is "normal." Let Alex''s mommy homeschool him, and he can eat crayons and boogers to his heart''s content - and maybe our kids will have the school environment they deserve.

[momadvocate]

Unfortunately this behavior is widespread in the public schools and in my opinion creates many of the behavioral issues that we see in secondary school. To the lady who asked why would a parent want to have their child in this classroom, the truth is that LEAs do not provide what they are supposed to by IDEA guidelines and that fighting them is costly, as is alternative schooling and therapies. As is the case in this country, the poor do without.

[trinitymomof]

I have a special needs child and I can not express to you how angry I am. Alex did not deserve to be singled out and hurt. Wendy Portillo acted out as a bully and taught each child how to gang up on one child. Wendy Portillo does not need to be a teacher. Nothing can erase what happened to Alex that day. Wendy Portillo, you should be so ashamed...good teachers care about each student in their class and if you were not qualified to teach children of all different needs you should''ve said you''re incapable, cause you are not capable.

[unschool]

Orderly classes? OH you mean BORING! Schools aren''t there to educate, they are there to dumb down and conform as many as possible. There is no respect; no rights. Public Schools are a breeding ground for hostility and most of it comes from teachers like this. Why send kids to public school when they can really learn about the world around them from home? Why do we have to pay for teachers like this? This is the 2nd incident I have heard of this week! The other is under criminal investigation and the teacher was removed from the school for a similar behavior. What was the difference? The parents thought their son was exaggerating so they sent a tape recorder in his cargo pants and picked up the berating the teacher gave.

I have seen good children become "bad" because a teacher has chosen that child as their "bad" child. I have seen children being abused by other classmates and teachers ignore it, unless that child should actually *gasp* stand up for themselves. A teacher is never objective, sort of like the media in today''s society...

What a mess!