‘You Wouldn’t Even Do That to a Dog’: Outraged Parents Consent to Release Bombshell Video of Children Who Were Locked In ‘Calming’ Padded Rooms, Beaten and Abused for Years

Parents of autistic students at a northeast London school who were effectively tortured, experts say, have consented to release the footage after a police investigation recently concluded with no criminal charges filed. New leadership at Whitefield School unearthed the footage, which shows autistic children being shoved into padded rooms — so-called calming rooms — thrown to the floor and restrained by the neck. Unearthed footage shows shocking abuse of autistic children. (Credit: BBC Video Screengrab) Some were left sitting in their own vomit. The abuse occurred from 2014-17, and parents of the students told the BBC the trauma the kids experienced lingers. “It broke my heart,” said the mother of one of the abused children after viewing the video for the first time. “You wouldn’t even do that to a dog.” About 40 children with learning disabilities and severe mental disorders were locked, usually without food for drink, for hours in the padded rooms. “You saw them open the door, whack Jamie in his back – he went flying on the floor,” said another mother, fighting back tears. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BBC News (@bbcnews) Jamie’s mother said her son suffered his first ever seizure...