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LOCKED IN A 'CELL'  

Mum’s fury after ‘autistic’ seven-year-old son is held in a small padded ‘CELL’ by teachers after ‘misbehaving’ at school.

My weekly news this week is from The Sun, it is about a little boy aged Seven who suffers from autism and has a heart condition and was locked in a room the size of a cupboard at school because he was 'misbehaving'. Year three pupil Lewis was locked in a patted room which was described to resemble a cell for 10 minutes as he climbed over a table, teachers say that they took actions like that for his own safety. When his grandmother came to pick him up she says that he had on no socks, shirt and he was kicking at the door aggravated. His mother Charlene was furious as she never agreed to this sort of discipline and they put her child's health in danger.

I personally was disgusted by this story as a school should be a safe place where children learn and many adults leave their kids in the care of school assured that their child would be safe. For a school to treat a child in such a malicious way and putting his health at risk is unacceptable especially since he has an heart condition and the way in which the dealt with the situation was unprofessional. No child should be treated in such manor and if a teacher is unable to deal with a child in a respected way then they shouldn't be teachers because they would be jeopardizing the trust of many parents.

This story deals with the representation of age as the child was young which means that the teacher could mistreat him without him being able to defend himself as much as he is vulnerable. Also the issue of disability, Lewis suffers from autism and teachers dealt with him as though he was a criminal or a type of animal by locking him up in a room.