An Arizona autism therapy center employee was arrested and fired after surveillance footage captured him allegedly kicking a nonverbal 5-year-old boy in the face.
PEORIA, Ariz. — A surveillance video showing an Arizona therapist kicking a 5-year-old nonverbal child with autism in the face has led to the employee’s arrest and termination, leaving the boy’s family outraged and searching for answers.
The incident occurred Monday afternoon inside a classroom at Soar Autism Center in Peoria. According to the child’s family and police, therapist Adolfo Salas was captured on surveillance footage kicking the child in the face during
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