MARIETTA, Ga. – A Georgia special education teacher who was accused of holding an autistic boy upside-down and lowering him head-first into a trash can while comparing him to Oscar the Grouch says she was trying to calm the boy, not hurt him. At a school system hearing Monday near Atlanta, Mary Katherine Pursley said the second-grader was
Special Ed Teacher Lowers Autistic Boy Into Trash Can To”Calm Him Down”
The teachers lawyer claimer her actions were not inappropriate, and that she has used characters such as Oscar the Grouch to help calm special education students.