A 13-Year-Old With #Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.
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#Disability rights advocates said #kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s #school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilities. It didn’t work.
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@[email protected] That’s a rather a misleading headline. He told a teacher “the whole school will blow up” if anyone looked in his backpack. His words sparked fear, not his bag.
The charges against him were dismissed and he ended up with a few days of suspension.