D.C. teacher aide on leave after allegedly putting hot sauce in autistic boy’s mouth

When Shanice Griggs, 30, came home from her job on Sept. 11, she went to kiss her son as always.

David, who is autistic and nonverbal, is usually hyper and bubbly when he gets home from his school, J.C. Nalle Elementary. But that day, the 9-year-old was lying almost motionless in his mother’s bed. He felt hot. “David, you OK?” Griggs remembers asking.