Ontario elementary and secondary students have been sent home to study virtually because of the dangers posed by rising rates of COVID-19. However, special-education classes are still operating at many bricks-and-mortar schools.
One educational assistant who works in a class for students with autism said she didn’t understand why in-person school had been deemed unsafe for mainstream students, but not for those who need spec-ed.
“It’s not safe for us to be in school.”
She is in close contact with her students and their bodily fluids. They head butt, scratch and spit at her, she said. One vomits on demand when upset.
The students tear off their masks because they find them sensory overload, she said.
She has stopped using the face shields, gloves and gowns provided because they trigger one of the students, who fears doctors. “He will trash the class. We’ve had to leave the room and hold the door closed because he was coming after us.”
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