July 11th, 2008
Not again: This past Tuesday, an 8-year-old autistic boy, Devin Slaney, was “misplaced” on a school bus that was to bring him home following his first day of summer school in Edmonds, Washington, HeraldNet reports. Said his mother, Rebecca Slaney: “‘I understand accidents happen. Buses get into accidents, but they cannot lose children.’”
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By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 7 comments
July 2nd, 2008
The driver of a minivan taking a 9-year-old autistic boy, Justin Colon, to summer camp got lost for four hours and failed to bring the child to his program. When Justin’s mother, Dawn Gorman, contacted the bus driver by cell phone, the driver was unable to say where he was and stopped answering the phone […]
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May 13th, 2008
Another story that has “you never can be too careful” written all over it.
School van driver Israel Santiago accused of raping 12-year-old autistic girl in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 6 comments
May 8th, 2008
School bus driver Danny Floyd of Moorpark (CA) was arrested on May 7th on the suspicion of molesting a 14-year-old autistic boy, the Ventura County Star reports. Floyd and the boy were paired through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and have known each other since November; the molestation is alleged to have occurred […]
By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 10 comments
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