Mother Arrested for Keeping Autistic Son Home

Published: August 3, 2007, 1:14 pm

Tags: legal issues, family, education, asd, aspergers, autism, children, family, health, homeschooling, houston, parenting, pdd nos, sheriff, students, teachers

Over a year ago, Betsy Loiacono’s 7-year-old autistic son was assaulted on a school bus. He was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); an extended absence and a gradual return to school were recommended by the doctor, and Loiacono requested home instruction from the Houston School District. Terri Mauro at Parenting Special Children notes that this then happened: The district countered with two choices for his mother: Get him back into school full-time now, or sign him out for good and homeschool him yourself. When she agreed to neither, she was arrested for violating truancy laws. Loiacono was arrested on May 18th by the Houston County Sheriff’s office; her case against the Houston School District has been going on for over a year. She presents her case on her website; Associated Content provides more information. Back in November of 2005, Jim and I took Charlie out of his public school classroom as the services provided were not appropriate and it was no

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