A Plainfield woman was arrested in connection with the alleged abuse of an individual with autism who was under her care.

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A teacher and an aide at a Pennsylvania elementary school abused autistic students ... s child abuse hotline. Investigators from the nonprofit, who interviewed 20 people in the course of its ...

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"I am especially disturbed that these individuals who were hired specifically to care for students in the special education program would subject such vulnerable children to this type of abuse." ...