Indiana School District Apologizes After Teacher Gives Student With Autism ‘Most Annoying Male’ Award

(GARY, Ind.) — An Indiana school district has apologized after a teacher awarded an 11-year-old autistic student a trophy naming him the "most annoying male" of the school year.

The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that a special education teacher at Bailly Preparatory Academy in Gary gave the boy the trophy May 23 during a fifth-grade awards luncheon attended by students, parents and the school principal.

The boy's father said his family was blindsided.

Gary Community School Corp.

(GARY, Ind.) — An Indiana school district has apologized after a teacher awarded an 11-year-old autistic student a trophy naming him the "most annoying male" of the school year. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that a special education teacher at Bailly Preparatory Academy in Gary gave the boy the trophy May 23 during a fifth-grade awards luncheon attended by students, parents and the school principal. The boy's father said his family was blindsided. Gary Community School Corp.