這可不是學校在鬧著玩兒。
華盛頓州貝靈漢市（Bellingham）的11歲男孩盧卡斯（Lucas Goodwin）患有自閉症以及自身免疫性疾病。他的母親丹妮爾·古德溫（Danielle Goodwin）向他將要入讀的Whatcom中學說明情況後，希望老師能照顧到他的特殊情況，為他安排一個安靜的座位。
可當盧卡斯跟隨母親走進新學校，準備迎接嶄新的中學生活時，卻發現，他的課桌竟被安排在了廁所間！
圖 via CNN
“Sad, stressed, embarrassed,” said Lucas Goodwin. “I was like how is this happening? How am I in the bathroom? Why?”
“悲傷、緊張、尷尬，”盧卡斯·古德溫說道。“我在想這是怎麼回事？我怎麼會在廁所裡？這是為什麼？”
The look of disgust is clear on Lucas Goodwin’s face in the photo his mom took when they came to school on Monday to find his new quiet learning place, in a functioning bathroom. The 11-year-old’s desk was over a toilet.
週一，盧卡斯·古德溫和媽媽來到學校，發現他新的安靜的學習場所被安置在了一間功能齊全的衛生間裡。這名11歲男孩的桌子被安在了馬桶上面。在他媽媽為他拍攝照片中，男孩的臉上滿是厭惡。
Danielle Goodwin said the teacher also gave him a camping mat to nap on the bathroom floor.
丹妮爾·古德溫說，老師還給了他一張露營墊，讓他在廁所的地板上午睡。
“I was stunned,” said Danielle Goodwin. “I was so shocked I just took the picture because I didn’t believe what I was seeing.”
“我驚呆了，”丹妮爾·古德溫說道。“我太震驚了，我拍了這張照片，因為我不相信我所看到的。”
When they found the desk in the bathroom, Danielle Goodwin asked if there was another option, she said the teacher said no.
當他們在廁所裡找到那張書桌時，丹妮爾·古德溫問老師是否還有其他選擇，老師的回答是沒有。
▲Special-needs student moved to bathroom at Whatcom Middle School
(via komonews.com)
圖 via komonews.com
盧卡斯的媽媽告訴當地電視臺，由於盧卡斯所患有的自身免疫性疾病，他不能待在滿是細菌的場所，那會對他的身體造成很大的影響，於是她當即將兒子帶回了家。
"My son was humiliated, embarrassed, and disgusted at this inhumane suggestion that he work in a bathroom," she said.
她說：“我的兒子感到羞辱、尷尬，對這種讓他在廁所間學習的不人道建議感到厭惡。”
▲An autistic student needed a quiet place to work. His desk was put in a bathroom stall (via CNN)
古德溫家僱傭的律師香農·麥克米尼米（Shannon McMinimee）說，盧卡斯此前從來沒有遇到過類似的問題，他可以去圖書館或其他合適的安靜的場所學習。
"I can't believe that there was anybody that thought this was a good idea," McMinimee told CNN. "There's a lot of different ways you can accommodate students with disabilities without humiliating them."
“我不敢相信有人認為這（在廁所學習）是一個好主意，”麥克米尼米告訴CNN。“有很多不同的方式可以在不羞辱殘疾學生的情況下為他們提供幫助。”
▲An autistic student needed a quiet place to work. His desk was put in a bathroom stall (via CNN)
圖 via KOMO News Photo
而貝靈漢公立學校監督人格雷格·貝克（Greg Baker）在回應此事件的聲明中表示，這個廁所間是用作儲藏室而非使用中的廁所。
The idea of putting Goodwin's son there was "an example of staff trying to seek a solution to temporarily repurpose a room," Baker said.
貝克說，把古德溫的兒子安置在那裡的想法是“工作人員試圖暫時改變房間用途、尋找解決方案的一個例子”。
Due to limited state funding "schools often have limited space to meet students' instructional and social-emotional needs," he said.
由於州政府資金有限，“學校通常只有有限的空間來滿足學生的教學和社會情感需求，”他說道。
▲An autistic student needed a quiet place to work. His desk was put in a bathroom stall (via CNN)
對此，擁有15年處理教育法相關案件從業經驗的麥克米尼米表示，學校首先應該做的是向古德溫一家道歉，而她已經開始了侵權索賠。
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整合：Du Qiongfang
資料：CNN, komonews.com
圖/題圖：CNN, komonews.com
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