Don't read this unless you're OK with being pissed off

[sarahmichigan]

I read a tiny blurb about this in Time magazine and had to follow up and find out more. The part where parents talk about their autistic kids  being targeted for punishment and administrators and teachers thinking parents are "making excuses" for the kids' behavior makes me nearly homicidal...

Report on corporal punishment in schools: Disabled students receive disproportionate share

And before any of my Michigan friends get too smug about the fact that our state bans corporal punishment... it only applies to public schools. Paddling and other physical punishment is allowed in private schools here.