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The New York Daily News reports that a paraprofessional at a Brooklyn public school has been arrested on felony assault charges for striking an 11-year-old autistic boy.
Anatoly Veltman, Jr. - who has the cognitive and social skills of a 6-year-old - had spilled some water on the cafeteria floor during a summer school session, and Milton Parker, a paraprofessional who is supposed to be trained to handle children like Anatoly, told him to clean it up. The boy failed to understand Parker's command, and after a brief exchange of words, Parker grabbed the boy and struck him in the face.
Anatoly's father told The Daily News that "the police officer told me Parker said my son said 'something racial' to him," but that when he spoke to his son, "all he could say was that he told [Parker] to 'keep your hands to yourself.'"
Comment: In an ideal world every child would be welcomed. But the world as it is is the complete opposite of ideal. The arrogance of these organizations telling a woman they are required (is there no other term for it) to carry every pregnancy to term, regardless of their personal situation, then stalking them to make sure it happens, is breath-taking. Roe v Wade set it out: Whether or not to continue a pregnancy is a personal decision between a woman and her doctor. No one else.