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SpaceAgeBushRanger
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01 Sep 2016, 2:30 am

School left teen with autism outside on a beanbag for a whole term to control difficult behaviour

A Melbourne school for children with intellectual disabilities is under investigation after being accused of making one of its students sit outside on a beanbag for more than an entire term as a way of dealing with his challenging behaviour.

The article goes into other horrible instances of child abuse. I hope the royal commission investigates the industry.



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01 Sep 2016, 8:57 am

There have been a number of similar stories from Australia lately.


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