Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi I am a mum of four children three of which have extra needs. At the moment my youngest who is 11, is at home with me she should be a high school learning but i fighting my local authority to get her a place in a extra needs. This has been going on for 3 years and it is finally at the tribunal stage. Its been a long fight but i know whats right for her. The thing is even though she does not enjoy the classroom environment she needs it. she is so intelligent she needs to be in education. It upsets me when i see girls of her age walking around in groups enjoying them selves i think thats what my daughter should be doing going shopping with her friends walking to school with them talking about make up and fashion, its probably not the done thing to talk about it but i cant help. thankfully she doesn't see it. my daughter just lives in her world and the bubble of that. is there any other parents who think like that and are afraid to say it because they dont want people to think they dont except there child the way they are?? i love my daughter unconditionally but the restrictions and hardships asd puts on her life is most of times so hard to watch x
Hi Sugar
I am going to give you some links for our Education Rights Service, Parent to Parent Service and Helpline in the hope that they are useful for you and your family.
Education Rights Service
The following article contains a lot of helpful information about education for a child with an autism. This includes information regarding getting extra support for your child in their education setting.- http://www.autism.org.uk/about/in-education.aspx
You can search for schools that cater for children with an autism spectrum disorder on our Autism Services Directory - www.autism.org.uk/directory.aspx
It can help to pass on information specifically for education professionals about autism spectrum disorders. The following link contains information written for education professionals - http://www.autism.org.uk/professionals/teachers.aspx
You may want to contact our Education Rights Service who provides information, support and advice on educational provision and entitlements. Please see the following link for further information - http://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/education-rights.aspx
Parent to Parent Service
You may like to contact our Parent to Parent service who offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism .
You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form - http://www.autism.org.uk/services/community/family-support/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx
Helpline
You may like to contact our Autism Helpline team who can provide you with information and advice . You can contact the team via telephone on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm). Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor. Alternatively, should you prefer to send a message, you can do so via their webform - https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main/questions.aspx
Hope this helps.
Nicky-Mod