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Boy was 'restrained unnecessarily' at special needs school

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Deirdre Shakespeare's son Harry was restrained in a chair at his special school without her knowledge.

The watchdog said Harry was "restrained unnecessarily" and "the failures in this case caused the child's parents a huge amount of distress" Harry is autistic and non-verbal and can walk unaided but used a special chair at school meals.

VR Score

83

Informative language

81

Neutral language

81

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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