Hi, I have a 6 year old Daughter who has Autism and has had a pretty rough start since attending school.
She started off in mainstream and they wouldn't let me put her in all day until she was 5, her one to one flaked out on her and then when she started year one they hardly let her attend, phoning me constantly to go get her. I sat in on a morning one day and just couldn't believe what I was seeing my daughter, who was then pretty easy going at home most of the time, was doing infront of me. They couldn't cope with her and she just couldn't cope with the stimulation. We had to fight with our educational psychologist to allow her to be moved to a special education school while in the mean time she was put in isolation.
January this year she started in an amazing special school and she just blossomed, it was like seeing a different child. We'd just had a baby too so were worried about how two changes would affect her but she did really well. We then moved house in may to be closer to our family as we lived 30 miles away and felt that we needed a little bit more support with our little girl as she was getting harder to control as she got older. It was all going great until we had a letter from county council saying they would no longer provide transport for her as there was a space in a special school closer, even though we'd told them we didn't want to move her we had no choice.
She started her new school this week and was put in a class with all boys, has been bitten and has come home streaming in tears. I'm now laying awake worrying what tomorrow will bring her and angry that she has been made to change after all the crap she went through at mainstream and finally being settled and making friends.
why does everything have to be a fight to get what is best for our children?!
