The mother of an 8-year-old autistic boy with severe peanut allergies filed a lawsuit that claims his Indianapolis teacher gave her son a peanut-filled candy bar in hopes of making him sick so he wouldn't go a zoo field trip.
Special education teacher Trinda Barocas was accused of telling a classroom aide that the boy would likely misbehave, and "maybe he could be sick enough not to attend and we won't have to deal with it," according to the suit filed by his mother, Anita Young.
The boy didn't eat the candy bar, probably because he does not eat unfamiliar foods and didn't recognize its yellow wrapper, his mother said. The boy, who is mostly nonverbal, gets hives and swelling if he even touches peanuts and could die if he eats them.
"She knew how severe his allergy was," Young said Friday. "To tempt a child with something that could take their life _ honestly, it blows my mind. I think that she should be held accountable for what she's done."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/09/ap/national/main5375471.shtml
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