A 42-year-old behavioral specialist at a Texas school for students with disabilities is accused of forcefully shoving a nonverbal autistic student to the ground, an alleged assault that preceded a medical emergency that left the child brain-dead days later.
Donald Cameron Perkins is facing one count of felony injury to a disabled individual following the April 23 incident at the Carlton Pre-Vocational Center in Cypress. Perkins was employed as a behavioral specialist at the center.
According to a probable cause affidavit from the Cypress-Fairbanks Police Department, Perkins’ “unprovoked and excessive” use of force caused bodily injury to a student identified in court documents as S.M., who later died…