A couple have been accused of locking their autistic 13-year-old daughter in a basement and forcing her to wear diapers . Court papers say the girl from Brookfield , Wisconsin , continually showed up at school with dried feces on her , and that her stepfather called her 'Stink ' . He also refused to let the helpless youngster use the family bathroom or furniture because he believed she was 'disgusting ' . Scroll down for video . A couple from Brookfield , Wisconsin , has been accused of locking their autistic 13-year-old daughter in the basement of this house , forcing her to wear a diaper and sending her to school covered in feces . Police were alerted when an anonymous caller said the youngster was 'being treated like an animal ' . Prosecutors say the child has low-level autism and some cognitive disabilities , and was forced into the basement every day after school . There she would be made to put on an adult onesie and a pull-up diaper , Fox 6 reported . In the morning she would then get on the school bus . The girl 's mother and stepfather , who have not been identified , are charged with child neglect . When police removed the girl from their home in Brookfield , just west of Milwaukee , the temperature in her basement bedroom was around 50 degrees . Court papers say the couple referred to the girl as 'Stink ' and her stepfather refused to let her use the family bathroom or sit on the furniture because she thought she was disgusting . An anonymous caller tipped police , saying the girl was being treated like an animal . Emily Levine , executive director of the Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin , told WISN : 'It makes me cry , or want to punch somebody . Both . I ca n't understand wanting to hurt a child . 'This is part of the stigma that 's attached to autism and other behavioral disorders , is people are treated in an inhuman way .
Pair from Wisconsin , Brookfield , referred to their daughter as 'Stink ' Stepfather did n't let her sit on furniture or use the family bathroom . Prosecutors said this is because he thought she was 'disgusting ' An anonymous caller told police the girl was being 'treated like an animal '