Almost two years after parents of an 11-year-old autistic child complained to the Child Rights Commission about their son being “manhandled” by an occupational therapist at a city-based therapy centre, the commission has finally directed the police to take necessary action against the doctor. The child’s parents, however, want the commission to shut down the therapy centre to avoid such instances in the future.

The child in question had been attending therapy sessions at the centre since five years. Representation pic