A family in El Mait\u00e9n, in Argentina\u2019s Chubut province, reported a teacher for allegedly spitting on their 7-year-old daughter with Down syndrome at a special education school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The alleged incident occurred on August 12 at Special School No. 530. The family filed a complaint six days later with the Women\u2019s Police Station. The school\u2019s principal is also mentioned in the complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the family, they learned about the alleged incident after another teacher informed them that a staff member had reportedly witnessed the teacher spitting on the girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The family says the incident may have been related to the child\u2019s habit of spitting and a previous conversation in which it was allegedly suggested that teachers could do the same to discourage the behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl\u2019s parents rejected the idea that the alleged action could be considered a teaching method and described it as mistreatment. They submitted photographs taken that same day that, according to the mother, show a lock of the girl\u2019s hair with a substance she described as saliva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe want our daughter to be able to continue going to school, but we need her to be safe and for her rights to be respected,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The parents have requested protective measures, including a restraining order, and intervention by the regional Education Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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