The video of incident shows Trina Abrams dragging child through school's halls.A special-education teacher emerged from a classroom, dragging a student with autism through hallways of an elementary school in Kentucky.After a moment, teacher, who was later identified by authorities as Trina Abrams, stopped and asked 9-year-old boy, "You want to walk""No," he said."OK," she responded, then young child let out a moan as she continued to pull him by his wrists, dragging his limp body across slick floor.The child's mother, Angel Nelson, told ABC affiliate WCHS that she was "horrified" when she first learned that her son, who has autism among other special needs, was dragged by a teacher through his school.

The mother said she posted surveillance footage of October incident on Facebook last weekend because she wanted him "to have a voice." The video has since been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, prompting widespread outrage and calls for change."It broke my heart when I saw video and I saw all of his new classmates and his friends along wall, watching him being dragged down hallway," Nelson told station.Abrams, who was fired this week from Wurtland Elementary School in Greenup County, Kentucky, appeared in court Wednesday, where she pleaded not guilty to an assault charge, her attorney said.Abrams' attorney, Matthew Wisecup, said in an email Wednesday to The Washington Post that his client "maintains her innocence" and "intends to fight this charge in court."The video of incident, which occurred Oct.

24, shows Abrams dragging student by both arms.

Then, when one of his arms fell to ground, she continued to pull him by one wrist.Abrams stopped a second time, again asking child whether he wanted to walk.

When he said no, she ordered him to "get up." He refused and she pulled child into a standing position.The child then collapsed to his knees, and Abrams proceeded to pull him through hallways while he was in kneeling position.Kentucky State Trooper David Boarman, a spokesman for State Police, said once school learned about incident, administrators called social services, which then alerted authorities.

During investigation, he said, police learned that Abrams was taking disciplinary action against student and, when he would not walk, she dragged him where to she wanted him to go.Boarman said Abrams was arrested on a charge of assault in fourth degree against a victim under 12, which is a lesser charge, because MRI tests on boy after incident were "inconclusive," so "we couldn't substantiate any substantial injury" against student.Greenup County Schools Superintendent Sherry Horsley said that after incident, school officials followed "established safety protocol," explaining in a statement to The Post that "parent was contacted immediately and student was assessed by school nurse and referred for outside medical evaluation." The superintendent also confirmed that teacher was "removed from school.""All GCSD staff are trained to prevent incidents of restraint," she added.

"Each school has a specially trained team to address immediate issues.

In addition, each school has teachers specially trained to address autism-related behaviors."(Except for headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)