Published on 12, July, 2020
And I'm not even a student. Follow on from son who was excluded from school trip due to his Asperger's. Been harassed for his aspergers and eventually self harmed. Now excluded for two days because another boy was taunting him in class for Aspergers. Threatening to hit him with keyboard. Boy told to stop by teacher but boy ignored him. Boy grabs my son and they end up getting in scuffle teacher accidently gets hit as boys pulled apart. My boy excluded. No teacher deserves to be hit even by accident. But here's my questions. My son and kids in class say other boy caught teacher yet mine excluded. I am currently in talks with local authority over schools complete refusal to tackle discrimatory behaviour yet the school continue to refuse to challenge it. There was an LSA in the class. What exactly is her role because she certainly not helping my son. Meeting with council tomorrow to discuss way forward for my son and for my complaint. Thinking of refusing all 'support' cause the only thing it's achieved is making my son feel stigmatised. I really think there is no option but to try him at another school despite the huge disruption despite my rhetoric of its just over a year to go we can do this. So frustrated I can't bear to engage with them am dealing with issues through contact with the local authority but this is going to the top despite what they think. Where is their duty of care? Where is their basic human decency? So very angry x
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Dear Struggling Mum,
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You may also want to mention the recent case (it was in the press about a month ago, I think) of parents who brought a case against the Scouts organisation for excluding their autistic son from activities on some kind of dubious health and safety grounds.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scout-autism-discrimination-boy-lawsuit-compensation-harpenden-club-a8273906.html
This sounds incredibly similar to your initial experience with the school trip to me. If this was ruled to be discriminatory, I reckon your lad's school should be a bit worried about their behaviour to date!
I think you should take your complaint further. Excluding your son from that school trip was clear discrimination and this is just more of the same treatment. The only way they are going to change is if they are put to some inconvenience or if they lose money. If you pull your son out of the school they get what they want, and the next kid on the spectrum gets treated the same way.
Did your son get excluded and the other boy not get excluded? It sounds as if the other boy assaulted your son and you could press charges. Possibly just telling the school you are considering doing that would change their attitude.
I'm angry just reading about what happened (as I was when I read your previous posts about the school trip) and I'm sure many others here are as well.