My son came home from school on Friday and asked how he could hide from the work experience coordinator. Apparently she is trying to track him down to make him commit to one weeks off site work experience in a pet store. My son has ASC and it is quite evident that he would not be able to cope. If anyone he doesn't know engages him in conversation he either freezes or runs away.
He does volunteer at a local animal sanctuary for a couple of hours on a Sunday, but his school says that doesn't qualify. It has taken many years to get him to the point where he feels comfortable doing this, so throwing him into an unknown environment is doomed to fail on many levels.
I would be grateful to hear how other parents have handled this issue with school?
