[Trending] Bullied Autistic Boy Brings Hidden Recorder In His Bag To School, And Result Is So Shocking That Two Teachers Get Fired

12-year-old Camden Davis, from Baton Rogue, Louisiana, had been attending the Hope Academy since last year. The academy specializes in teaching special needs students, and according to its website promotes “inclusion, encouragement, positive relationships and recognition of student accomplishment.”

Camden is severely autistic, and his mother Milissa had enrolled him at Hope Academy in the hope of giving him a supportive and understanding environment where he could learn at his own pace. However, she began to notice increased signs of distress in Camden after coming home from school, and instinctively knew that something was wrong.

So one day, she decided to place a recording device in his backpack to get an idea of what might be causing his unhappiness, as he was unable to vocalize it himself. It’s fair to say that she was shocked with what she found. Camden was being bullied. Not by classmates or kids in the playground, but by the specially trained teachers who were supposed to support him.

“I just wanted to cry, scream and do everything I could because it was so bad,” Milissa told WBRZ. “To think that I had sent my son there every day, and what had happened before, that I didn’t know about.”

“Bullying is terrible when it’s kids-on-kids. But it’s so much worse when it’s adults picking on your child.”

On the recording, a teacher can be heard saying to Camden, “You’re just writing the word. What is hard about it?” Camden then makes an upset, grunting sound which the teacher mimics in a mocking way. Afterwards the teacher says, “Camden, why don’t you have anything written down? That’s why you can’t sit with everyone. Tell your momma that.”

Also captured was an alleged conversation between the teachers later on: “Let’s see what they do with him in f***ing public school. He was going to go to Live Oak Middle. He wouldn’t make it for a minute.”

Milissa pulled Camden out of the school immediately, and has sought legal advice. Her social media post about about the incident went viral but has since been removed, while the teachers involved appear to have been fired from the school. Hope Academy’s principal, Linda Stone, released this statement about the incident:

“On March 23, 2018, a recording posted to social media was brought to our attention. Apparently, a parent sent a student to school with a recording device in his/her backpack. The recording appears to be a compilation of audio clips, many of which involve private conversations between two adults with no other persons/children present. The recording contains regretful conversations between these adults.
The parent never brought the recording to the attention of Hope Academy before posting it to social media. The parent has also refused to meet with Hope Academy to discuss the actions we have taken to address the issue. The persons involved in the communications are either no longer with the school or will no longer be with the school after this semester.
Over these many years, Hope Academy has built a strong reputation for competently serving the educational needs of the special needs community. These recordings are not an indication of who we are. We ask that the community not let the actions of two persons reflect on the reputation of and the mission of our school-a mission we have tried so hard to build. We again extend an invitation to meet with the parent involved to discuss this incident further.”

This is Camden, a 12-year-old from Louisiana who attended the Hope Academy, a special school for kids like him with autism

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His mother Milissa wanted him to get a supportive and understanding environment where he could learn at his own pace

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So she felt extremely lucky when Camden was accepted to the school

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Which is known for good conditions for students with special needs

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But she noticed that the usually cheerful and happy boy was distressed. He got aggressive and would frequently wet the bed

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The concerned mom tried talking to the school board, but she got nothing

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In her desperation, Milissa came up with a plan

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She hid a recording device in her son’s backpack

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And the things teachers were saying to Camden left her in shock

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The next day she took the recordings to the school board, which kicked off a chain reaction

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The school’s principal, Lisa Stone, had to act quickly, and fired the two teachers heard in the recordings

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Here are the actual recordings that got the internet boiling with fury

Here’s what people had to say about it

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