Government Accountability Office – Schools restrain, confine disabled children

Children with disabilities are being secluded from classmates and restrained against their will to control their behavior, a new investigative report finds — interventions that have led to harm and, in rare cases, deaths.

In many cases, the restraints happen even when students aren’t physically aggressive or dangerous, says a report from the Government Accountability Office being released Tuesday.

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

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