Student with Autism ‘Embarrassed’ After Washington Middle School Puts His Desk in the Bathroom

The school superintendent said the move was a “well-intentioned” solution to a limited space problem

People Magazine: by Rachel DeSantis

What Goodwin didn’t expect was that the place would be a bathroom, with her son’s desk placed above a toilet and his chair beneath a sink.

“I was so shocked I just took the picture because I didn’t even believe what I was seeing,” she said of a photo she snapped that went viral on social media. “It’s not an appropriate place for anyone, but especially for Lucas, who, with his PANDAS condition, can’t really be around germs. That’s something that can really affect his body.”

Student with Autism 'Embarrassed' After Washington Middle School Puts His Desk in the Bathroom

 

 

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