My son was abused at work

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Before I explain what happened, I need to tell you a little bit about my son. When my son was born, he was born four weeks early. I tell everyone that he came out screaming and hasn't quit yet. Ryan has ADHD and Bipolar disorder. He has been a handful all of his life. One minute he can be a monster and then next minute you couldn't ask for a better person. When he was younger, I would give him an allowance. He would go up town to spend it and inevitably, he would come back with something for me. Usually a fresh cut rose or if he didn't have enough for that, he would buy me a piece of candy. He always thought of me. Now he is that way with his niece. Ryan is now 21. He was classified as disabled long ago because of his difficulties in learning. He has received a disability check each month from the government. He decided that he wanted to work like the rest of his friends, which applaud him for. He could have very easily took to view of getting a disability check every month and letting the government support him. He found himself a job at a well known discount chain. He filled out the application, and told them of the problems that he has and they hired him anyhow as a night receiving clerk. It was his job to help unload the trucks as they came in and to stock the shelves. He was absolutely thrilled. He went through the training and they told him that he did just fine. He started the night shift and that is when the problems started. I forgot to mention that my son is very heavy. He weighs 325#. The night supervisor picked on him from the start. He was made to unload the trucks alone while the rest of the night crew sat and watched him and made snide remarks like "come on fat a**, you can do it."One night, the man that worked in the automotive department dropped a car battery and it shattered all over the floor. Rather than him cleaning it up, or the night maintenance man cleaning it up, they made my son. They made him put on a gown, mask, gloves and get on his hands and knees to clean it up. He didn't know at the time that they were taking pictures of him as he was doing it. Later that evening, the pictures were posted on the bulletin board with snide comments. When Ryan went to take them down, the supervisor told him leave them alone and then she took them and shredded them and told Ryan "you are not getting your hands on those and causing me any trouble."On Thursday, March 6, 2008, my son called me on his first break. He was in tears. It takes a lot to make this kid cry. All he could say was, "They hurt me mom." I told him to turn in his equipment and his discount card and come home. I told him that he could surely find another job. When he got home, he had cuts on his legs where the other employees had been throwing boxes at him. He had a cut and a bruise on his forehead where someone had hit him. They even ran into him with the fork lift and it was no accident. I called the Ethics committee of the company and they basically told me they didn't want to hear it. And that since my son had quit his job, it wasn't their problem. Got any suggestions on what I should do about this company? I have full power of attorney over my son so it will be up to me to help him out. Surely there is something we can do to this company for all the stuff they did to Ryan. He didn't deserve what he got. I talked to one of the other night employees and he told me that Ryan worked hard and did everything he was told to do. They just didn't like him because he was fat.