Florida School Officer Fired After Mistreating Autistic Middle-School Student

Florida School Officer Fired After Mistreating Autistic Middle-School Student
Screenshot Via Fox News
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A school resource-officer was fired in Florida for using improper conduct against an autistic boy at Osceola Middle School.

The investigation into the school resource deputy stationed at the school started after the 13-year-old’s mother became suspicious after noticing her son’s behavior had been deteriorating. That prompted the mother to send him to school with a microphone in his pocket according to investigators. 

“When I would drive him to school in the morning… he would act very stressed out and with high anxiety,” Megan Dowdy told FOX 13 News.

Her son soon came home with a recording of an interaction he had with his school’s resource officer. According to Fox News, the boy had cognitive skills of a first grader and the communications skills of a kindergartner.

Dowdy said that what she heard on the tape was shocking. 

The autistic boy and school resource deputy Ural Darling. (Screenshot Via Fox)
The autistic boy and school resource deputy Ural Darling. Screenshot Via Fox