The boy’s family believes it was meant to humiliate him for acting out at school.
Dakota Nafzinger is an 8-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, who goes to Gracemor Elementary. He was born without eyes, a condition called Bilateral Anopthalmia.
Recently, Dakota came home with a pool noodle instead of his cane. The school said it was punishment for Dakota’s bad behavior on the school bus.
Dakota’s family are furious. They told local affiliate WDAF-TV that taking away Dakota’s cane is the same as taking away his eyes. “He shouldn’t be treated the way he’s being treated,” Dakota’s father Donald said.
The school said that Dakota has to use the pool noodle for the next two weeks, claiming the boy used his school-supplied cane to hit someone while riding the bus.
