Since Lilly is nonverbal, her mother didn’t immediately understand what was wrong. She soon found out after helping her daughter prepare for a bath.
“She loves baths and that’s soothing to her. So, I brought her home and I was getting her ready for the bath. I took her sweatshirt off, and that’s when I noticed,”
Said Lynn Waldron-Moehle, Lillian’s mother. Her daughter’s upper arms were covered in significant bruises, indicating she had been harmed and unable to get away due to her secured seat.
While sitting directly behind the bus driver, Lillian was repeatedly hurt by another student, unable to call for help. Though Lilly cannot speak,
She does make audible sounds when in distress—noises that likely should have alerted the driver. However, no intervention occurred, which is why her parents are now speaking out.
