Physical chastisement to these children not only compounds the problem, it is cruel…Allowing them to be hurt is allowing cruelty to an already disadvantaged child.ivAnonymous, Written submission 248
Maureen Phillip, PAMIS, agreed that a “slight tap on the hand for somebody with a complex sensory disorder could escalate to a full-blown incident”Official Report, 7 March, col. 36 while Lucy Chetty, Scottish Autism, said—
when a young person is in a high level of distress and showing some form of what could be deemed violent behaviour, physically intervening could cause the stress transaction to multiply and make the situation a lot worse.viOfficial Report, 7 March, col. 36