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natalie123

Hello all, my little boy has been diagnosed with autism he's 4 1/2, he started full time school in september. for the best part of the last two years my main focus has been to help him socialise with his peers both at school and home. he has made a couple of friends within nursery and they are now in the same class. I discovered that they have not been allowing my son to sit with his friends in the dining hall, because on his first day he was looking around the dining hall and then  i quate "ate his muffin fast" he has also not been allowed to play on the yard with his friends, the school i was assured was equipped to teach and look after my son as they have specialist sen teachers. However when i confronted the teachers they said they wouldn't be able to watch over him. my sons autism is mild and he would like to play with his friends and big sister, ,, any ideas in what i could do,,, i feel like he is being increasingly isolated and that this diagnosis is nothing but a burdon.... thankyou..

  • Thankyou for the reply, i didn't realise that this had happened until after two days when my daughter said she couldn't find him, shes 8. i am going to do my uppermost to ensure that my son intergrates with other children after all he is in a main stream school,, once again thanks....

  • Hi natalie123,

    I've just deleted the other two copies of your original post. So that we can keep discussions well-organised, please don't post the same thing more than once.

     

    Many thanks,

    Alex R - mod

  • Why won't they let your son outside to play with his friends? Or sit with them in the dining hall? Theres no legal or legitimate reason for it, especially if they can't keep an eye on him anyway. To keep him isolated will just make the situation worse. Stress this to the school. Heck, how old is his big sister and does she look after him? If so, having her and two friends looking after him would be more than enough for this simple fact:

    If something happens, at least one person will be able to stay with him whilst one other could then get a teacher.

    This would resolve their 'lacking staff' issue, allow him to socialise and stop them forcing stereotypes on him. Don't ask me why, most teachers hear autism and expect you to go and do something stupid, like run into a wall. :( Sad but true. Good luck dealing with them.