A woman of Arab origin living in France recounted her son's suffering from "Doose Syndrome" from bullying and assault at his school and ignoring by the administration, and there has been no comment so far from the school about the incident.
🇨🇵 FLASH – Sarah, la maman du petit #Fares en situation de handicap, lance un cri de détresse pour son fils, victime de harcèlement scolaire au collège Jules-Verne de #Carcassonne.
Le rectorat n'a toujours rien fait malgré les alertes et les multiples agressions envers son fils. pic.twitter.com/GQNuDwmOpM
— Tajmaât (@Tajmaat_Service) March 28, 2023
Sarah Ahrashly created an Instagram account to convey the message of her and her son Fares, a 12-year-old sixth-grader at Jules Verne College, who has Doss syndrome, a rare type of epilepsy that affects children and hinders mental development.
Fares' mother posted a video showing the extent of the bruises her son suffered at his school in Carcassonne in the south of the country from some of his classmates who take advantage of his illness to beat and suffocate him.
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Sarah said – in statements to local media – that she has made her decision and will not allow her son to go to school again for fear of his life, stressing that she contacted the administration and met a number of officials who listened to her but did not do anything.
She added that her son was placed in special classes for students with disabilities, "but since the beginning of the school year, Fares has been living in hell as he is the victim of bullying at school by many other students."
On the nature of the assault on the child, Sarah said, "On Wednesday, March 22, Fares was pushed down the stairs, and when I learned about the incident I hurried to the place. When I got to college, I found my son panicked in the fire truck and he was immediately taken to hospital in Carcassonne. His face was bleeding, and the lower eyelid of his right eye had opened. He had a broken nose."
Symptoms of Doss syndrome
Doss syndrome is a rare disorder that affects 1-2% of children with epilepsy and is more common in boys than in girls. Signs and symptoms usually begin between 2 and 6 years of age.
Symptoms include a sudden fall of the child, sometimes tilting the head forward, prolonged eyelid twitching, muscle tension or loss of consciousness.
According to the German Chamber of Doctors, the exact causes of this rare type of epilepsy have not yet been determined, as in some cases the disease fades away on its own after several years, and returns again after recovery in others.
therapy
Seizures are inhibited through drug abuse or through certain hormones. Trouble can also be alleviated by eating a healthy diet based on high-fat and low-carb foods.
Parents should not try to prevent movements associated with the seizure, and consider giving the child the emergency medication prescribed by the doctor at the latest 5 minutes after the seizure.
The child's parents are advised to observe the details of the seizures well, such as how long they last and their course, which helps the treating doctor to diagnose.