Teacher Throws Autistic Child Out Of Classroom

Okay, I wouldn't call this pulling a "Survivor" like the media appears intent on calling it. What this teacher did was disgusting. She deserves to be fired. Hell, she should never be allowed near children again.

Florida Teacher Allegedly Lets Kindergarteners Kick Autistic Boy Out of Class in 'Survivor'-Like Vote

Hundreds of parents of autistic children are signing an online petition to get Florida teacher Wendy Portillo fired for her alleged tactics toward a 5-year-old boy that mirror the reality show “Survivor.”

Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, Fla., alerted Melissa Barton this year that her son, Alex, suffers from a high-functioning form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome, FOX 29 reported.

Barton claims that Alex was punished for symptoms of his disability, such as humming and eating his homework. She says Portillo went too far last week when she kicked Alex out of class, and then allowed the other students to vote on whether he should be allowed back in.

Each student was also allowed to say what he or she did not like about Alex. By a 14-to-2 margin, the students voted Alex out of class, according to The South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

“She said this was her way of correcting his behavior,” Barton said. “I asked him how that made him feel and he said, ‘I feel sad.’”

Barton has filed a complaint with Morningside's school resource officer, who investigated the matter, Port St. Lucie Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Steele told the Sun-Sentinel.

But the state attorney's office decided the matter did not meet criteria for emotional child abuse, so no criminal charges will be filed, Steele said.

The teacher has been disciplined, however.

“Ms. Portillo has been reassigned outside of the classroom at the district offices until any further action may be determined," St. Lucie County School District said in a statement.

Alex has not returned to school since the incident, and Barton says he won’t be going back.

"He was incredibly upset," Barton told the Sun-Sentinel. "The only friend he has ever made in his life was forced to do this."

Unfortunately, if this woman is fired from this job, she most likely won't be banned from teaching. Here's what I see happening. I don't know if she will be fired from this job. Either way, I see her being ordered to attend classes on autism and how to deal with an autistic child. Then she'll try to bullshit her way out of this one, just like the school district will try to bullshit their way out of this one by pretending to do something about it.

She claims that this was "her way of correcting his behavior". If his "behavior" is part of his disorder, how in the hell can she correct it? Scratch that!! She's just one stupid, ignorant bitch who doesn't belong in the teaching profession.

I wish there was a way to sign this petition because I would certainly add my name to the list. I'm not a mother. What I am is an outraged person.

On another note, this is NOT emotional child abuse? Why? Because he's autistic? He has emotions too. He can suffer from emotional abuse just like everyone else. What this bitch did was not only abuse, but she allowed other students to emotionally abuse this child. And for what? Public humiliation is not a way to "correct behavior".