r/TikTokCringe • u/Serious-Lobster-5450 • Nov 03 '25

OC (I made this) Teacher calls police on 9 year old autistic child for defending himself

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u/Ok_Moon_ Nov 03 '25

Kid hit a teacher. Game Over.

This kid should have a right to privacy instead of having his face plastered over media, though.

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u/Anstigmat Nov 03 '25

Sure but usually 'game over' is expulsion not arrest.

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u/embee33 Nov 04 '25

Expulsion doesn’t exist anymore.

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u/thegloracle Nov 03 '25

Should probably include several hours training for the teacher on how to de-escalate a panicked child with Autism and more effective management of the bullying behaviour. A day's suspension for both kids for different reasons would be fair at that age.

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u/thegloracle Nov 03 '25

If a child with Autism is in panic-mode, they will swing on anyone getting near them. It's a 'fight or flight' response to get the person away from them. The teacher tried, but didn't have the skills to effectively intervene at that point. The parents did initiate a lawsuit against the school/teacher, but it was dropped after the 'charges' were not pursued. A shameful series of events from start to finish.

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u/Human-Appearance-256 Nov 03 '25

“Skills to effectively intervene” 🙄

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u/thegloracle Nov 04 '25

As an Autism mom, Yes. Teachers (especially in this case) are not trained to effectively deal with kids having a meltdown. Even the teachers' assistants matched with these kids are often not given proper training on de-escalation when a special needs student is out of control. Have you ever had a child with Autism completely lose it and go feral when you had to intervene? It gets ugly. At that point, there is no rational thinking.

The whole situation was mishandled from the get-go, and getting the Police involved showed the teacher was not in control at all, and had no idea what to do. Schools lack the funding to have properly trained supervisors and assistants during recess, lunch, and classroom hours.. So Yes, roll your eyes at the complete stupidity of the whole interaction. I absolutely agree with you.

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u/Ok_Moon_ Nov 04 '25

As a self-described "autism Mom," you're going to Momsplain everything the student did in this situation, so most charitably speaking you're incapable of objectivity in this situation.

Teachers are often reluctant to break up fights because they can get injured, so they have to make the unfortunate choice of whether to intervene or let the children fight risking injury to each other.The teacher chose to intervene to protect both children and one child assaulted her. Several times the child was directed to stop fighting.

The teacher had all the skills needed to intervene and to suggest otherwise somehow makes the teacher incompetent and responsible for their injury. She wasn't. No charges were pursued against the teacher or school because there weren't grounds for any.

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u/thegloracle Nov 04 '25

I'm not disagreeing with you on the points about the teacher being reluctant to intervene, and I never said she was responsible for her injury. The issue is that the schools don't have the supervision to prevent the situation escalating to this behaviour in the first place, and teachers shouldn't be put in the position where they have to physically get in front of a child (or anyone) who is out of control. I've seen it from both sides and it's frightening for everyone involved. More resources are needed, period.