BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KHOU) – A Texas mother is demanding justice after her 5-year-old son, who has autism, was allegedly slammed to the ground by his teacher in an incident captured on security video.

Two teachers at Wild Peach Elementary School were fired over Oct. 30 surveillance video that allegedly shows one of them slam a 5-year-old student to the ground and the other kick the boy’s injured ankle after the incident.

The victim’s mother, Guadalupe Rodriguez, says that’s not enough. She says her son has autism and is nonverbal.

“This is trauma that my son and I will carry forever,” Rodriguez said. “I wasn’t expecting to see my son be treated in such a manner.”

She says her son came home limping on the day of the incident. When she took him to urgent care, she learned he had a fracture and a sprained ankle.

The next day, she went to the school demanding answers and asked the principal to open an investigation. That is when she saw the video, and she requested to see more. Footage from less than an hour before the incident shows the teacher who allegedly slammed her son to the ground dropping him.

“I dropped to my knees and cried,” Rodriguez said. “My son was showing signs of distress, and not one teacher stopped to assess my son. Nobody cared.”

The Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District confirms that both teachers involved were fired.

“Part of me is relieved, but I’m not satisfied with the way they’re handling this at all. Neither of them are behind bars. They’re still walking free,” Rodriguez said.

She says her son has not returned to school since the incident, and she’s exploring her legal options.

A letter from the Wild Peach principal states the school district notified the Texas Education Agency about the incident and the district’s police department reported it to the Brazoria County District Attorney’s Office.

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