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When you’re the parent of a child who is on the autism spectrum, you probably feel the urge to consistently step up to the plate for them, especially when it comes to matters at school. You want to ensure that they’re well taken care of and all their needs are getting met, especially if they’re nonverbal and you need to be their voice. One mother from Wisconsin is speaking up for her autistic teenage son because she alleges that someone at his school served him a can of dog food for lunch. The frustrated mom questions how something like this could have happened, even if it was an “accident.”
Debra Hawkes from Madison is fighting for “accountability” for her 15-year-old nonverbal autistic son, as she says that staff at Madison East High School gave her son Jaden dog food instead of a normal school lunch, News 3 Now reported…