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Couple Accused of Caging Autistic Sons
John Eckhart is accused of keeping his autistic sons in a cage.Vancouver, Washington, couple John Eckhart and Alayna Higdon have been arrested following accusations that they imprisoned his nonverbal...
View ArticleNews Briefs: White House Autism Meeting; Temple Protested; "Caged" Boys'...
The White House will be holding a meeting Monday with experts on autism:They'll talk about policies related to health care, education, and employment for people with autism.Dr. Temple Grandin was not...
View ArticleTrial for Couple Accused of Caging Autistic Boys Begins
Testimony in the trial of John Eckhardt and Alayna Higdon, charged with unlawfully imprisoning his nonverbal autistic sons, will begin on Monday:Vancouver police say they found the boys - ages 5 and 7...
View ArticleProsecutor Calls Couple Who Caged Autistic Boys "Lazy and Careless"
A prosecuter accused John Eckhardt and Alayna Higden of keeping his two autistic sons caged in a room that reaked of urine because they were "lazy and careless":"Convenience, computer games, extended...
View ArticleMother Testifies Against Couple Accused of Caging Autistic Boys
The trial of John Eckhardt and Alayna Higdon continued yesterday, with Higdon's mother testifying that she rarely saw the two autistic boys the couple is accused of unlawfully imprisoning out of their...
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Boy Describes Feeding Autistic Brothers Through Cage Door
Video at end of post.Alayna Higdon's son described in court yesterday the grim life that John Echkart's autistic children lived while Eckhart and Higdon kept them in a bedroom with a caged door:The...
View ArticleExpert Calls Caging Autistic Children "A Great Idea"
Experts at the trial of John Eckhart and Alyana praised the couple for keeping his autistic children in a caged room, calling it "a great idea" and saying that autistic people "prefer to be...
View ArticleIlliterate Father Claims TV Nanny Told Him to Cage Autistic Boys
A Vancouver man accused of keeping his autistic sons in a caged room testified in his own defense on Friday:John Eckhart took the witness stand Friday afternoon and told jurors he's barely literate, so...
View ArticleCouple Who Caged Autistic Children Not Guilty on All Charges
The general public do not regard autistic people as human beings. This was proven again yesterday when a jury found John Eckhart and Alayna Higdon not guilty of all charges after the prosecution...
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