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More importantly, no matter "how" autistic children learn, they must be allowed to learn and not punished in their classroom because they are different, certainly not at the hand of their teacher. Remember the Florida kindergarten teacher who last year lead her impressionable kindergarteners to vote 14-to-2 to kick out a 5-year-old boy with autism from his class? Earlier, the boy had kicked a table leg and threw some crayons, appropriate behavor for a time-out, not to be humiliated and then thrown out forever. The School Board, following recommendation from the school superintendent, suspended the teacher from teaching for one year and took away her tenure. Although she appealed the decision, an administrative law judge upheld the board's decision. Yet, last week the same school board voted to reinstate the teacher's tenure, guaranteeing she will teach another class of little kids this fall. Simply unbelievable! You can read about this reinstatement at:

http://www.ethicsoup.com/2009/06/teacher-reinstated-after-autistic-boy-v...