![]() Police advised that unless the Aughtersons were going to press charges against the boy who abused Jalen, there nothing they could do. ![]() “We had to make a decision on what to do, and because we didn’t want to put Jalen in front of a court, and with the other boy being disabled as well, we didn’t press charges,” Mr Aughterson said. Mr Aughterson is unsure if his son understands what happened on the bus, and if he has been impacted by the abuse. “I don’t think he understands what happened,” Mr Aughterson said. “When we ask him what happened, Jalen drops his head and doesn’t want to talk. ![]() “But dropping his head and not wanting to talk is Jalen’s default mechanism, even when we ask about something good he will drop his head. “But since the incident, Jalen won’t walk past the other kid’s house, who lives down the street from us.
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