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ACTION ALERT: Autistic Child Charged with Felony Assault after Resisting Restraint

Action Needed to Protect Child: An 11-year old Autistic boy in Arkansas named Zakhqurey Price is currently being charged with felony assault after fighting back when two staff members restrained him in response to behavioral challenges. The school has ignored repeated efforts from Zakh’s grandmother over the course of the last five months to obtain needed IEP supports to improve his educational options and manage his behavioral difficulties.

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January 5, 2010

ASAN in Education Week article

ASAN President Ari Ne’eman was quoted in an Education Week article on the proposed federal legislation to protect students with disabilities from abusive use of restraint and…

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December 9, 2009

ACTION ALERT: Autistic Six-Year-Old Charged with Assault

ACTION ALERT: Nathan Darnell, a six-year old autistic student at Taylor Elementary School in Bracken County, Kentucky, has been charged with fourth-degree assault for pushing a school aide. While we typically avoid getting involved in judicial proceedings, it is our feeling that the overreaction is so egregious as to require activism by the wider disability community.

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September 24, 2007

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