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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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  • I'm so sorry that that happened to your daughter. It must have been very upsetting and scary for her, and really hard for you to hear as a parent. 

    Unfortunately, like others have said, I wouldn't expect to much from the school. In my experience schools tend to deal with situations like this by removing the victim from the situation rather than the assailant. It happened to my friends autistic son. He was getting badly physically bullied by another child in his class and he was the one the school moved to a different class rather than the bully. And that was despite, and in full knowledge of, the fact that the change was far harder for the child with ASD. There were very little repercussions for the other child, despite the fact that they caused physical harm. 

    I hope that your daughter is doing ok now and that you find a way to resolve the situation so that she feels safe and happy at school again.

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  • I'm so sorry that that happened to your daughter. It must have been very upsetting and scary for her, and really hard for you to hear as a parent. 

    Unfortunately, like others have said, I wouldn't expect to much from the school. In my experience schools tend to deal with situations like this by removing the victim from the situation rather than the assailant. It happened to my friends autistic son. He was getting badly physically bullied by another child in his class and he was the one the school moved to a different class rather than the bully. And that was despite, and in full knowledge of, the fact that the change was far harder for the child with ASD. There were very little repercussions for the other child, despite the fact that they caused physical harm. 

    I hope that your daughter is doing ok now and that you find a way to resolve the situation so that she feels safe and happy at school again.

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