Unseen neglect, silent victims: The battle over special ed cameras

By: Julie O'Connor, Urban education writer

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 1,733

Last Updated: 4 days, 9 hours ago

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Lydia Couch still recalls her terror on the day State Police called to report that her nonverbal autistic son escaped a school van and wandered onto Interstate 78, halting highway traffic.

“My heart came out of my chest,” she said.

With officials offering no answers, and her son unable to speak, her only recourse was to demand the school vehicle’s camera footage, she says. Only then did she discover that aides had failed …

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