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"A deaf and autistic student at a Florida facility that is under FBI investigation for alleged physical abuse was treated at a local hospital late last month for a broken arm allegedly caused when a staffer pushed her against a wall, NBC News has learned.
On security videotape shot at the National Deaf Academy in Mt. Dora, Florida and viewed by NBC News, the 19-year-old girl can be seen arguing with a staff member and exiting a room, and then reentering the room two minutes later clutching her left arm. She says, via sign language, “My arm hurts, my arm hurts,” and crumples to the ground holding her arm. A staffer appears to say, “Are you through with your tantrum?” before a second staff member pulls the girl up by the other arm and directs her out of the room. The tape is stamped Aug. 26, 2014.
A spokesperson for Disability Rights Florida (DRF), a government-funded advocacy group for the disabled, confirmed that DRF had recently received a report of an incident at NDA matching the video, and that the patient had been treated for a broken arm at a local hospital.
According to multiple sources, the patient told a nurse at the Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, Florida that an NDA staffer pushed her against the wall and broke her arm.
Doctors at the hospital needed at least nine screws and a metal plate to repair the fracture, according to the DRF spokesperson.
The spokesperson said that DRF had “serious ongoing concerns as well as open investigations into the care and conditions of current residents of the National Deaf Academy.”
NBC News has seen footage of the girl arguing with the staffer in the room, leaving the room and then reentering the room, but has not seen tape of the injury occurring. "
"A deaf and autistic student at a Florida facility that is under FBI investigation for alleged physical abuse was treated at a local hospital late last month for a broken arm allegedly caused when a staffer pushed her against a wall, NBC News has learned.
On security videotape shot at the National Deaf Academy in Mt. Dora, Florida and viewed by NBC News, the 19-year-old girl can be seen arguing with a staff member and exiting a room, and then reentering the room two minutes later clutching her left arm. She says, via sign language, “My arm hurts, my arm hurts,” and crumples to the ground holding her arm. A staffer appears to say, “Are you through with your tantrum?” before a second staff member pulls the girl up by the other arm and directs her out of the room. The tape is stamped Aug. 26, 2014.
A spokesperson for Disability Rights Florida (DRF), a government-funded advocacy group for the disabled, confirmed that DRF had recently received a report of an incident at NDA matching the video, and that the patient had been treated for a broken arm at a local hospital.
According to multiple sources, the patient told a nurse at the Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, Florida that an NDA staffer pushed her against the wall and broke her arm.
Doctors at the hospital needed at least nine screws and a metal plate to repair the fracture, according to the DRF spokesperson.
The spokesperson said that DRF had “serious ongoing concerns as well as open investigations into the care and conditions of current residents of the National Deaf Academy.”
NBC News has seen footage of the girl arguing with the staffer in the room, leaving the room and then reentering the room, but has not seen tape of the injury occurring. "