Restraint is emerging as a hot-button topic among autistic self-advocates and some parents. People on both sides feel their position is obviously correct: Restraint leads to abuse, and should be ...

Children with autism were the most frequently subjected to restraint or seclusion in Connecticut schools in the 2012-13 school year, according to a new state report that tallied more than 33,000 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WKRC) - A boy with autism died two days after employees at his school physically restrained him. On November 28 the school said it used a recognized behavior management protocol to ...

14-year-old Alex Campbell, who has autism, is one of the most powerful voices in the movement to better document and regulate restraint in schools.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learning disability patients are subjected to potentially fatal face-down restraint an average of 10 times a day, figures show.

LA PORTE, Ind. — The parents of a La Porte girl with autism say a special education teacher put the 8-year-old in a homemade restraint chair in an attempt to control her classroom behavior. Charles ...

An autistic teenager died at Guiding Hands School in El Dorado Hills after being placed in a restraint hold, authorities said. Sawsan Morrar A preliminary investigation by the California Department of ...