Alleged abuse of school kids on Littleton special needs bus | Denver Metro News [Video]

When Brittany Yarborough’s son’s right middle toe turned purple and swelled, she took him to Children’s Hospital Colorado for an X-ray. The toe was broken. She knew it happened during school time because as caregiver to her special needs 11-year-old, she didn’t see him kick a wall or stub his toe.

Because of the boy’s non-verbal autism, he could not tell her that he may have been a victim of assault by a person entrusted by the Littleton Public Schools to take care of him.

That was in early September.

Throughout the year, Yarborough was confounded by the injuries her son Hunter brought home. He had unexplained bruises, scratches, and one day she even found gum in his hair, injuries she called “minor.”

Though she questioned Little Public Schools in emails, Yarborough did not tie the mysterious injuries to Hunter’s daily …