Autistic Boy's Mom Hides Recorder In His Backpack And Is Heartbroken By What She Hears

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This is Camden, a 12-year-old from Louisiana who attended the a special school for kids with Autism called the Hope Academy.

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His mother Melissa enrolled him because she wanted him to have a supportive and understanding environment where he could learn at his own pace

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Needless to say she felt very lucky when she learned that Camden was accepted to the school.

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This school has a reputation as a caring environment for students with learning disabilities or special needs.

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Shortly after he started attending, she noticed that the usually cheerful and happy boy was distressed. He got aggressive and started frequently wetting the bed.

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The concerned mom tried talking to teachers as well as the school board, but she got nothing in the way of a response or improvement.

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In her desperation, Melissa came up with a plan to find out what was going on.

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She hid an audio recording device in her son’s backpack to find out was happening while her son was away at school.

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What she heard teachers saying to her son Camden, left her in shock.

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The next day she took the recordings to the school board which started a chain reaction...

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The school’s principal actedt quickly and fired the two teachers heard in the recordings.

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People on the internet rallied around Camden and Melissa and this is what they had to say:

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