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Teacher alleges Queens school locks kids with disabilities in isolation room

10.11.2015 | New York Post | Faust’s allegations come amid a statewide probe by Disabled Rights New York, a federally funded non-profit, which found “substantial underreporting and overuse of restraints and seclusion in schools”...The harsh practices commonly are hidden, experts agree. “Students may be non-verbal and can’t tell their parents what happened to them during the day,” said Kim Sweet, executive director of Advocates for Children, a city group that represents disabled kids. “If the school doesn’t tell their parents an incident occurred, they may never know.” Read article