Oklahoma lawmakers shouldn’t be defending physically disciplining disabled children at school • Oklahoma Voice

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Oklahoma lawmakers shouldn’t be defending physically disciplining disabled children at school • Oklahoma Voice

(Photo illustration by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)It’s extremely embarrassing that we still allow our disabled children to be spanked, hit and paddled at school. No child should have to deal with that, but it’s truly terrible that we can’t even agree to spare some of our most vulnerable children.  Yet, for a second year in a row, our lawmakers are spending considerable time debating the merits of sparing “the rod” when it comes to disciplining c…