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banging the table scared my daughter

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My daughter has just got her statement with a new school that has specialist provision for autism to start in september. In the meantime, she has a home tutor that is funded on medical grounds. The tutor seems like a nice enough lady, she visits for an hour a day. My daughter finds a whole hour sitting at the table with her a bit much sometimes and it gets difficult to maintain concentration. Today when my daughter's mind and gaze began to wander, the tutor banged the table! This really made her jump. I didn't know what to say! It's a bit embarrassing, I don't want to make an atmosphere, as I have to let her in to my home every week day! But I am not happy about it. Any advice would be much appreciated! Or am I making a mountain out of a molehill?

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  • Yes being totally isolated counts as bullying where autism is concerned. Other children excluding or ignoring a child because of disability is bullying or indeed it may count as hate crime.

    With starting a new school, look out for information being passed on from her old school, unofficially by teachers responding to casual enquiries, by parents warning other parents this one's odd, or by kids telling other kids. It sure follows you around if you're the odd kid. There's no such thing as a fresh start.

    Do quizz what they mean by "will be helped socially". Does that take into account that she will have difficulty, especially with non-verbal elements of socialisation, or just that she'll be coaxed into social situations unaided? - you can learn if you try..... is not appropriate with autistic spectrum.

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  • Yes being totally isolated counts as bullying where autism is concerned. Other children excluding or ignoring a child because of disability is bullying or indeed it may count as hate crime.

    With starting a new school, look out for information being passed on from her old school, unofficially by teachers responding to casual enquiries, by parents warning other parents this one's odd, or by kids telling other kids. It sure follows you around if you're the odd kid. There's no such thing as a fresh start.

    Do quizz what they mean by "will be helped socially". Does that take into account that she will have difficulty, especially with non-verbal elements of socialisation, or just that she'll be coaxed into social situations unaided? - you can learn if you try..... is not appropriate with autistic spectrum.

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