ASD teacher accused of abusing autistic student

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That's when Katherine says surveillance video shows Sherwood stepping in.

"At that point, she just walks up and grabs him by the shoulder of his hoodie and yanks him out of line, pushes him up against the wall, at that point he's hitting her and kicking her, trying to get her to let go of him," said Katherine.

She says the video shows Sherwood pulling Austin down the hallway as his meltdown continues to escalate, then just before the questionable action takes place, Sherwood steps away from Austin and appears to be trying to call for help.

"At that point, she turns around and charges him into a corner where the door jam ended up bruising the back of his head and his back," said Katherine, demonstrating a pushing motion with both hands, later adding. "When she charges him into that corner, I mean you can see him drop to the floor."

According to the charging document, Austin was too upset to be examined by the school nurse but was later seen by a doctor at Alaska Pediatric Night Clinic.

"[The pediatrician] described the injuries to [Austin] as Bruising along his T9-T12 Vertebrae and Bruising on the occipital portion of his head. [...] [The pediatrician] reported that the injuries would make sense with an adult pushing [Austin] against the wall," Anchorage Police Officer Frey wrote in the charging document.

"The principal called him into the office to tell her what happened while we were sitting there and our initial thought was, 'There's no way this happened,' but it wasn't until the principal looked at the camera video and she called me and said, 'He was right,' and we actually had to apologize to him because we didn't initially believe him," said Katherine.