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JoAnna Holton’s son struggled with his new school environment when he started Kindergarten at Jamison Elementary School in the Central Bucks School District last year.

“Hitting himself,” said the mom of the then 5-year-old boy with autism. “They said he just seems to not be able to calm down and, like, they would say, ‘We can handle it but we just want to let you know.’”

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Holton’s son is also non-verbal.

She tried helping on her end by putting her son on ADHD medication.

“See if that could help him feel better in his skin and better in those situations of like the whole newness,” she said.

But as the months went on, she said, he continued coming home with injuries.

“He would have

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