Personal experience drives Mass. police officer’s autism education efforts

Personal experience drives Mass. police officer’s autism education efforts

A Massachusetts police officer, motivated by his personal experience with his daughter, is training officers to better respond to individuals with autism during emergencies.

Teacher arrested after police say she used dog whistle to control autistic student

Elementary teacher Amber Escamilla was arrested on Tuesday for using an electronic dog whistle to gain compliance with a six-year-old autistic student.

Texas teacher used dog whistle to control boy with autism who would ‘come home and cry’ about the pain: cops

A Texas elementary teacher has been arrested for allegedly using an electronic dog whistle to control a 6-year-old autistic student.

Teacher used dog whistle to get 6-year-old autistic student to listen, cops say

Amber Escamilla is accused of using the boy to ‘gain compliance’ from a boy who is sensitive to sound

Former school teacher accused of using dog whistle to control 6-year-old child with autism

A former teacher is accused of using an electronic dog whistle to help control a student.

Former Waco, Texas teacher Amber Escamilla accused of using dog whistle to control boy with autism

Amber Escamilla, a former teacher at Bell’s Hill Elementary School in Waco, Texas, was arrested for using an electronic dog whistle to control a 6-year-old autistic boy. Despite the parents' warnings about his sensitivity to sounds, she allegedly used the whistle to gain compliance, leading to charges of injury to a child.