NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — For Alicia Jordan, there are no other words for it — public humiliation.

Jordan said that's what happened to her special needs son last week at school, as the 3-year old was acting up, as he often does, and his teacher at the Berkley Campostella Early Childhood Center made a video of it while it was happening.

She said if the video of her son had been used privately to highlight his special needs and improve his education plan, that would have been OK with her. Instead, in her mind, it turned into a public embarrassment.

She got the diagnosis for her two years ago when he was just a year old — autistic, level 3, non-verbal.

But he's very active, and he was playing and jumping around and reaching out for his mom as she interviewed Thursday morning with WAVY.

That

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