Category Archives: autism spectrum disorders

#Autism: When teachers are the bullies

I wanted to share this video with you all. This video is by a man named Stuart Chaifetz and is in response to to his son Akian being bullied by his teachers at school. This is so important to watch because Stuart is making this public in order to shine the spotlight on what is happening to kids with Autism while at school. Obviously not all teachers and schools are a problem but Stuarts story is not uncommon at all and that’s really sad. Please watch and share this video and help Stuart in his quest to end bullying. He is handling this very, very well and with a great deal of tact and class, which is much more than these teachers involved deserve. I have crazy mad respect for Stuart because not only is he taking the high road but also holding those involved accountable for their actions.  I don’t

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discipline and language

So my 13 year old Aspie, got detention today for using the word Hell in his English class.  Let me start at the beginning.  My son received detention today.  I asked him about it and he said that it was because he said “hell.”  I sent am email to the principal asking about it.  He had no idea. So my son’s English teacher gave him detention for saying a word that she found offensive. My son is highly intelligent and speaks his mind with little difficulty.  Like most people on the spectrum, he has issues filtering and knowing what is appropriate in social situations. Oh yeah, and I received a note from the superintendent that he smells bad.  He is 13, he has PE first hour.  He uses deodorant, I wonder if they could arrange for him to come home right after gym and take a shower so that he

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facebook – my archnemesis

facebook.  something so simple causes so much stress in our house. a few weeks ago, David got onto facebook and threatened a classmate of one of his brothers.  So we took away computer priveleges. now, he steals laptops from his sibs to get on facebook.  I have submitted a request to facebook to get his accounts deleted, though this does little good if he can create a new account at will. So what to do?  I explained to David that he isn’t allowed on facebook for safety reasons.  We have explained that to him many times. Tweet #fighting4answrs