Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi looking for some advice, my 5 year old child who has been diagnosed with autism. He is a lovely cuddly little boy who can at times get frustrated and lacks social skills to interact well with others in class, the school is very happy with his progress and haven't reported any issues at all.
i was approached by an angry parent on the school grounds who was accusing my child of pushing their child and said it was on a regular basis. I told them to speak to the teacher and stayed back to chat to the teacher myself. I was told that they weren't aware of anything happing at school and they had no concerns with my child.
a few days later the parent approached my child directly in the playground and told him not to push her child. i spoke to them directly this time and asked that they not speak directly to my child but to the school and that I had been advised that there is no issue with my child. To which the parent said they chose to believe what their child was telling them.
i am unsure how to deal with the situation as Im being told there isn't an issue by the school but this child is going home telling its Parents things that aren't really happening. The parent told me that MY childs behaviour isn't normal and this really has upset me - I am at a loss and sick of crying about this all the time. I dread going to the school incase another thing happens. Because my child has autism there is always a chance he can act out but he's adamant he's not doing what he's being accused of.
Anyone had similar situations?
Omg thanks so much for ure post birdie!!! It is only 1 set of parents and any others I have spoken to about my son are always positive or they say all the kids are like that when i refer to him getting over excited. I was just so hurt - my son had said that he didn't want to play with their child during class and the child went home and told the parent who txt me to say that wasn't normal behaviour on my sons part?? (She had my no from an invite I sent to the whole class for my sons party to which they initially accepted then declined using this comment as the reason the child would not be attending)
i am not looking to have any contact with them and will be reporting the comment to the teacher tomorrow I just want to move past this and not have it hanging over us everyday