tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post7781411663382030763..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autistic Child Suspended From Fayetteville SchoolAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-16453076379655278362012-03-18T00:26:14.948-03:002012-03-18T00:26:14.948-03:00My son is a high functioning Autistic child. He i...My son is a high functioning Autistic child. He is virble and had been in an a main streem school all his life. On Friday after some kids where picking on him and calling his girl names he jumped on the back of one of there backs and said he was going to kill them. he is now suspended for 2 day. I wish there was something I could do.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11816193281097202906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-38916719432058452972008-01-25T18:28:00.000-04:002008-01-25T18:28:00.000-04:00maya M I agree with you 100 percent if the beheav...maya M<BR/> I agree with you 100 percent if the beheavior of problem is a manifestation of disabilty they should not be removed from school <BR/>but the school system got around that with me by changing his setting to home First of all, educaters should not be making that determination We need to ban together to fight for rights for our children exactly what you said they are punishing them for being autisticMarykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114857415323547695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-58680610268716867822007-09-18T10:53:00.000-03:002007-09-18T10:53:00.000-03:00You may be right maya although it would be necessa...You may be right maya although it would be necessary to be there, to know the child and to know the child's abilities and deficits to be sure.<BR/><BR/>I removed my son from the mainstream classroom several years ago because he was overwhelmed by that environment. He responded with self aggression, biting his hands and wrists. When he was moved to a quieter location to work on his individual program the biting stopped. And his learning improved.<BR/><BR/>You may be right about removing this child from the classroom to a quieter location. It is something the family and school officials should probably consider.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-69833423157285156362007-09-18T10:25:00.000-03:002007-09-18T10:25:00.000-03:00I'll paste the end of the linked article:"“We’re t...I'll paste the end of the linked article:<BR/>"“We’re talking about a nonverbal autistic child. We can’t say (to him), ‘The reason you got suspended was you bit another child. You can’t do that anymore,’” Hall said. “I told him that, but did it get through? I don’t know.”<BR/>So the boy in question not only is non-verbal but doesn't understandably communicate by other means (writing, AAC or signing). It isn't clear to anybody how much he understands from what is said to him. Why, then, is he kept in this classroom at all? I would also become nervous and possibly aggressive if somebody forces me to stay quiet for hours and listen to things I don't understand.<BR/>Had he stayed quiet, then perhaps they would keep him in the school for 10 years and give him a diploma! And it still may happen.<BR/>I think this is another case of fake inclusion of a disabled child by just placing him in a typical classroom where he does not belong. My opinion is that this child needs education tuned to his individual abilities.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.com