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Teacher Caught On Tape Bullying Autistic Boy Has Hired Lawyer, Child's Father Demands She Be Fired

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April 26 2012, Published 5:30 a.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

The damning audio of two school staff members bullying an autistic boy has caused outrage since the victim’s father posted it on YouTube, and now Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal that one of the alleged abusers has hired a lawyer to defend herself against the one-sided public attack.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Stuart Chaifetz suspected that his 10-year-old autistic son, Akian, was being picked on at the Horace Mann Elementary School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, so he sent him to class one day last February secretly miked up.

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According to the web site Collingswood.patch.com, Chaifetz, an artist by trade, is a self-proclaimed activist. He says he’s fought for 20 years on behalf of various animal rights causes and that inspired him to hid a small digital recorder on his son.

The resulting six-and-a-half hour tape revealed a teacher and her aide teasing the boy, chastising him, having an inappropriate discussion within his earshot, and calling him a “b*****d.”

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Chaifetz was determined that justice would be served and posted a 17-minute long video on YouTube titled "Teacher/Bully: How My Son Was Humiliated and Tormented by his Teacher and Aide" calling for the bullies to be dealt with by the school district, which has so far generated alm