The teen, Brendan Depa, is on the severe end of the autism spectrum and has been diagnosed as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder – which ...

Brendan Depa, the severely autistic Florida teen whose assault on teacher’s aide Joan Naydich went viral last year, was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in state prison followed by 15 years of ...

Footage of the attack was recorded on camera at the high school. Brendan Depa, the assailant, received his sentence nearly a year and a half after the incident. During the sentencing hearing ...

It shows Brendan Depa slamming Joan Naydich to the ground, knocking her unconscious! The attack left her with five broken ribs, a concussion and hearing loss. “Everything was taken away from me ...