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ST.D.C. teacher aide on leave after allegedly putting hot sauce in autistic boy’s mouth

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Jan 14, 2026

D.C. teacher aide on leave after allegedly putting hot sauce in autistic boy’s mouth

A D.C. teacher aide has been placed on leave after allegedly putting hot sauce in the mouth of a nonverbal autistic student.

Shanice Griggs, 30, waits for the school bus on a recent morning with her 9-year-old son, David. (Shanice Griggs)

When Shanice Griggs, 30, came home from her job on Sept. 11, she went to kiss her son as always.

David, who is autistic and nonverbal, is usually hyper and bubbly when he gets home from his school, J.C. Nalle Elementary. But that day, the 9-year-old was lying almost motionless in his mother’s bed. He felt hot. “David, you okay?” Griggs remembers asking.

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