Children with autism caged and abused at school

By Rachel Browne
Updated April 2 2015 - 11:13pm, first published 10:18pm
David Roy with his six-year-old son Fraser, who came home from school bruised.  Photo: Marina Neil
David Roy with his six-year-old son Fraser, who came home from school bruised. Photo: Marina Neil

Disturbing allegations have emerged about widespread abuse of children with disabilities in the classroom following the suspension of a principal at a school where a cage was built for a 10-year-old boy with autism, to control his behaviour.