What is the name of your state? Nevada
My 17 year old student has Asperger's syndrome- a form of Autism. He has a very high IQ and is highly functioning but failing school or rather school is failing him. We have had numerous problems with our school district and they are taking their frustrations with us (parents) out on him. He had his skateboard confiscated by the Principal without explanation ( he was not riding it, someone had taken it without his permission.) He followed the principal into the school office asking for an explanation and wanting to know why they were taking it from him as he had done nothing wrong. The principal slammed him up against the large safe door. My son told the principal to let go of him and told the office worker that he had just been battered by the principal. He asked to file a battery report and asked for help in getting the right forms etc. He was refused help by at least 6 different district personnel including the campus cop. He was told to just go back to class. He refused until he could file the report. He was never able to file the report however he was arrested for disturbing the peace of the front office. At his "trial" his public defender was useless. Any information about his Asperger's which totally explains his actions was not allowed in the case by the district attorney and magistrate. He was found guilty and given 64 hours of community service and probation till he ws 21. We are appealling but according to his Public Defender nothing but what is allowed into the original record can be looked at by the judge. His PD failed to supoena 6 witnesses for us and we had a plethora of info that should have been looked at before his trial. We tried for 4 months to get a meeting with the PD before his trial but he was "too busy". He finally met with my son 10 minutes before his trial. This guy is a moron but we couldn't afford an attorney. What can we do?
My 17 year old student has Asperger's syndrome- a form of Autism. He has a very high IQ and is highly functioning but failing school or rather school is failing him. We have had numerous problems with our school district and they are taking their frustrations with us (parents) out on him. He had his skateboard confiscated by the Principal without explanation ( he was not riding it, someone had taken it without his permission.) He followed the principal into the school office asking for an explanation and wanting to know why they were taking it from him as he had done nothing wrong. The principal slammed him up against the large safe door. My son told the principal to let go of him and told the office worker that he had just been battered by the principal. He asked to file a battery report and asked for help in getting the right forms etc. He was refused help by at least 6 different district personnel including the campus cop. He was told to just go back to class. He refused until he could file the report. He was never able to file the report however he was arrested for disturbing the peace of the front office. At his "trial" his public defender was useless. Any information about his Asperger's which totally explains his actions was not allowed in the case by the district attorney and magistrate. He was found guilty and given 64 hours of community service and probation till he ws 21. We are appealling but according to his Public Defender nothing but what is allowed into the original record can be looked at by the judge. His PD failed to supoena 6 witnesses for us and we had a plethora of info that should have been looked at before his trial. We tried for 4 months to get a meeting with the PD before his trial but he was "too busy". He finally met with my son 10 minutes before his trial. This guy is a moron but we couldn't afford an attorney. What can we do?