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Autistic Child Gets Attacked At School And The School Won’t Do Anything About It

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my child has recently got attacked by a girl in her year due to my child asking her a question on her presentation. this girl proceeded to go for my child and attempt to push her which almost ended up with her falling down stairs if she did not keep her balance. my child’s body shut down and went straight into a meltdown once she realized what happened. the school are not taking it in mind that my child is autistic and can not cope with people shouting, especially in her face. people touching her and too much going on at once that it is too overwhelming. this girl is not getting a big punishment and we as parents want to fight for our daughter as no one should get away with doing that to an autistic child like this girl has. any advice???

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  • Sorry I might be about to say some things you may not want to hear but here goes - You haven’t mentioned ages but if they’re young (infants or younger primary) I think it’s possible you’re expecting too much from the school. Young children of all neurotypes will react to being hurt or upset without being able to rationalise enough to prevent acting out. What exactly did your child ask? The girl may have seemed like an insult? We don’t know the full details of the incident so it’s not so easy to give advice (not asking for the full details if you’re not comfortable to share, just saying), the punishment for the other girl would likely be relevant to what she did, not for how much she upset your child.  The sad fact is as much as autistic people shouldn’t have to mask to get by I do find it helpful to have realistic expectations about situations I might encounter with some coping strategies in place. That said if the school are aware that your child is autistic they should be providing a supportive environment as much as they reasonably can, I’m assuming this is a mainstream school?

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  • Sorry I might be about to say some things you may not want to hear but here goes - You haven’t mentioned ages but if they’re young (infants or younger primary) I think it’s possible you’re expecting too much from the school. Young children of all neurotypes will react to being hurt or upset without being able to rationalise enough to prevent acting out. What exactly did your child ask? The girl may have seemed like an insult? We don’t know the full details of the incident so it’s not so easy to give advice (not asking for the full details if you’re not comfortable to share, just saying), the punishment for the other girl would likely be relevant to what she did, not for how much she upset your child.  The sad fact is as much as autistic people shouldn’t have to mask to get by I do find it helpful to have realistic expectations about situations I might encounter with some coping strategies in place. That said if the school are aware that your child is autistic they should be providing a supportive environment as much as they reasonably can, I’m assuming this is a mainstream school?

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