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Teacher seen dragging boy with autism through Kentucky school on video is fired

#TrinaAbrams #Teacher # WurtlandElementarySchool #Autism  A Kentucky school teacher who pulled a boy with autism down school hallways by his wrist has been fired, according to the district.  The teacher, identified as Trina Abrams by WCHS, was seen in a video posted to Facebook dragging a 9-year-old student through Wurtland Elementary School in eastern Kentucky. In the video, which is over a minute long, the teacher pulls the boy out of a classroom and down multiple hallways. "You want to walk," she can be heard asking. "No," the boy replies. At one point, she stops and says "Get up!" and pulls his body up as he refuses. He is first dragged on his back and then is dragged on his knees. The teacher was fired on Monday, over two months after the October incident, CNN affiliate  WSAZ-TV reports .  "I've seen him truly at his worst and it's never called him for being dragged down the hallway like that," Calep Nelson, the boy&

Kevin Love, DeMar DeRozan say money, fame can’t guarantee happiness

The admissions of mental health struggles have changed the way the NBA looks at its star athletes, now more aware that even those who seem to have it all battle internal wars with depression, anxiety, and many other health complications. DeMar DeRozan was the first to open up about his own issues, then enticing Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love to do so a week later through The Players’ Tribune. Recently, Love opened up further to ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan, detailing the extent of his struggles with depression and anxiety. “My girlfriend, Kate, saw me going down a little bit of a destructive path, and she told me, ‘I love you so much. I really think you need to talk to someone,'” Love admitted. “But I kept telling myself, ‘I don’t need any help. I’m successful. I’ve gotten this far. I’ve got the best friends in the world.’ But the truth was, there was still a lot that made me unhappy.” DeRozan had admitted he had been dealing with depression even before breaking i