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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Tue Apr 5, 2016, 04:21 PM Apr 2016

Shocking moment teacher punches autistic boy in the face leaving him with concussion

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/shocking-moment-teacher-punches-autistic-7692090

This is the shocking moment a teacher punched an autistic pupil in the head, leaving him with a concussion and a bruised eye.

Anatoly Veltman, now 13-years-old, is reportedly too scared to go near the school building in New York and is now home-schooled after the attack two years ago.

He was eating his lunch at PS 225 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, when he was attacked by 59-year-old Milton Parker....

The victim's dad, Anatoly Veltman Sr, told Eyewitness News: "My son, now even when we pass by the school, he runs away from me, he's afraid of the school building since what happened to him."

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Shocking moment teacher punches autistic boy in the face leaving him with concussion (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2016 OP

WTF at his own defense! noamnety Apr 2016 #1

a sadistic teacher Skittles Apr 2016 #10

"Who gets hit and doesn’t respond?". Most people working with other people. uppityperson Apr 2016 #2

If you're a professional working around kids with disabilities, including ASD kids... backscatter712 Apr 2016 #3

Even volunteering while in high school, I never hit back. uppityperson Apr 2016 #4

Oh boo hoo...the ex-teacher says his life is ruined...I bet ya he was already on the path Rex Apr 2016 #5

If the child were not autistic, I might disagree. Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #8

The child was responding out of fear. I know it's hard not to go with your impulse. Rex Apr 2016 #9

Cue the "Wow, I guess any fool can teach in New York" moronic comments. callous taoboy Apr 2016 #6

No words... Odin2005 Apr 2016 #7

The kid told him the table was for whites only. cigsandcoffee Apr 2016 #11

That asshole stepped into the punch...on a kid!!! U4ikLefty Apr 2016 #12

noamnety

(20,234 posts)

1. WTF at his own defense!

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 04:28 PM

Apr 2016

“I knew it was on camera. If it was intentional, I would have taken him to another room and beaten the snot out of him.”

What kind of teacher even thinks that way???

Skittles

(153,185 posts)

10. a sadistic teacher

Reply to noamnety (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 10:41 PM

Apr 2016

horrible

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)

2. "Who gets hit and doesn’t respond?". Most people working with other people.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:03 PM

Apr 2016

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

3. If you're a professional working around kids with disabilities, including ASD kids...

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:11 PM

Apr 2016

...you'd better know how to deal with meltdowns without going apeshit and punching a child.

Yes, that means you'll have to grow up and take a smack from an autistic kid without hitting back.

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)

4. Even volunteering while in high school, I never hit back.

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:56 PM

Apr 2016

Block, back away, keep the other kids safe, restrain only if needed and with the least force possible.

A trained adult? Using reflexive hitting as an excuse? Pshaw.

Suck it up, get hit.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

5. Oh boo hoo...the ex-teacher says his life is ruined...I bet ya he was already on the path

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:31 PM

Apr 2016

to a ruined life long before he punched the kid. WTF was he thinking? You never, ever strike a child!

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)

8. If the child were not autistic, I might disagree.

Reply to Rex (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 09:53 PM

Apr 2016

He punched the teacher in the face. If he were not disabled, I am not sure I would feel the same way.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

9. The child was responding out of fear. I know it's hard not to go with your impulse.

Reply to Drahthaardogs (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 10:37 PM

Apr 2016

And I have the feeling many adults would have struck the kid in retaliation. Just as a teacher, you really want the very last thing you ever do is punch a student. Anything is better then that. Even if you get hurt. The guy is lucky not to be in jail.

Sounds like he burnt out on teaching a long time ago.

callous taoboy

(4,585 posts)

6. Cue the "Wow, I guess any fool can teach in New York" moronic comments.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:55 PM

Apr 2016

Not.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

7. No words...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:35 PM

Apr 2016

cigsandcoffee

(2,300 posts)

11. The kid told him the table was for whites only.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 11:16 PM

Apr 2016

I know it's in poor taste to strike autistic children, but it sounds like a pretty crappy kid, what with the 50s style racism and punching people and everything.

Still. You can't just punch him. Even if you really want to.

U4ikLefty

(4,012 posts)

12. That asshole stepped into the punch...on a kid!!!

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 11:59 PM

Apr 2016

WTF

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