The Brief
- A New Jersey mother is demanding answers after her 3-year-old son with autism returned home from school with bruises and bumps on his head.
- The boy, Aaron, had just started attending the Early Childhood Center Central at Quitman Street School last week.
- When asked to clarify, she said the school indicated it was the cot where Aaron naps and that he had been rubbing his face on it, causing little red dots on his face.
NEW JERSEY – A New Jersey mother is demanding answers after her 3-year-old son with autism returned home from school with bruises and bumps on his head.
The backstory:
The boy, Aaron, had just started attending the Early Childhood Center Central at Quitman Street School last week. His mother, Alexandra Dominguez, said she was shocked when she picked him up from school on Tuesday and saw his condition.
“He was not crying. He was whining, but he was not crying. And he had bruises all over his head,” Dominguez told FOX 5 NY‘s Stephanie Bertini.
School gives conflicting accounts
Because Aaron is autistic and nonverbal, his mother says he can’t explain to her exactly what happened. Dominguez said she asked school staff for an explanation but was given conflicting accounts.…