27 Apr 2021

Children's Commissioner reacts to school's treatment of autistic boy

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 27 April 2021

Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft has stepped in after the thirteen-year-old boy asked for his help.

The autistic teenager was removed from his Auckland school after a fight.

Judge Becroft says the case is just one of many and families urgently need a regulatory body that can review schools' decisions.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.