"Noah was on an NRT bus, paid for by the Cambridge School District, on his way back from the New England Center for Children in Southborough. Linda Vick told Boston.com that she learned of the incident on Wednesday, Oct. 28, days later, when DCF alerted her to it. Looking back, Vick said her son's signing "all done" meant he didn't want to get back on the bus. "If we knew this happened, we would have known what he meant," Vick said."
"Vick said she was outraged when she learned that after the incident, NRT kept the aide on the bus for the rest of the week. She was even more upset that the second monitor or the bus driver didn't tell her about it. Vick said she has not been allowed to view the footage of the video. Meanwhile, she said she has pulled her son out of NRT transportation and is driving him to school, a one-hour drive."
A substitute aide on an NRT bus restrained a non-verbal, 9-year-old autistic boy and allegedly called him the devil while returning from the New England Center for Children. Video footage showed the incident, and the Department of Children and Families alerted the family days later on Oct. 28. The child became agitated and aggressive afterward. NRT retained the aide on the bus for the rest of the week, and the family was not permitted to view the footage. The family withdrew the child from NRT transportation and now drives him to school, a one-hour commute. DCF is investigating.
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