A 12 year old autistic boy was Tasered at school for acting out. This is not the first time a child has been Tasered in Canada or the United States (nearly 400 people have died after being shocked in the two countries.) The presence of Tasers in schools combined with “zero tolerance” legislation in schools which we know targets disabled kids for being disabled means that we could see an increased number of incidents of disabled kids being shocked for being disabled.

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