Anyone Else With an Exceptional/Special Needs Kid?
Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:19
There must be a bunch of us out there. The forum for AutismSpeaks shut down one day. I've been meaning to research new sites. Having a special child is a day to day learning experience...especially when you've had uh hem..."regular kids" and you're faced with a fourteen year old who still loves My Little Pony and beginning chapter books.
Oh well you learn to accept and even chuckle about it sometimes. Beginning of the school year and she came home saying kids were making fun of her. She's in a self-contained mixed grade classroom, so all the kids in the room have their own issues. My older boy pulled me aside and whispered something to the effect of "How the heck do these kids make fun of each other? You're more retarded than I am duh oh?". Maybe you had to be there...but I felt better anyways.
Something more serious was today when I went to pick her up from an after school program. I was right on time in the main office. But the principal couldn't find her. First he tried paging the classroom with no answer, then he tried paging her to the front office. No response, then he walked to the classrooms the afterschool courses used...no one there. Finally he spotted a teacher and my daughter in one of the cameras by the doors.
There was a case in October where an autistic teen without speech wandered out of his school and disappeared. There was a big search to find him until recently... when they found his remains. Not pointing to foul play but rather that he drowned...but still a story to scare you to death. The schools, especially the upper grades don't keep track of them as much as they should. I heard that some NY schools are considering offering parents a tracking device their child can wear so if they do disappear they can be found electronically.
I think that's an excellent idea, a wristband or a tag that can be securely clipped in their clothes. Even if your child has some speech it would give you some more peace of mind.
Oh well you learn to accept and even chuckle about it sometimes. Beginning of the school year and she came home saying kids were making fun of her. She's in a self-contained mixed grade classroom, so all the kids in the room have their own issues. My older boy pulled me aside and whispered something to the effect of "How the heck do these kids make fun of each other? You're more retarded than I am duh oh?". Maybe you had to be there...but I felt better anyways.
Something more serious was today when I went to pick her up from an after school program. I was right on time in the main office. But the principal couldn't find her. First he tried paging the classroom with no answer, then he tried paging her to the front office. No response, then he walked to the classrooms the afterschool courses used...no one there. Finally he spotted a teacher and my daughter in one of the cameras by the doors.
There was a case in October where an autistic teen without speech wandered out of his school and disappeared. There was a big search to find him until recently... when they found his remains. Not pointing to foul play but rather that he drowned...but still a story to scare you to death. The schools, especially the upper grades don't keep track of them as much as they should. I heard that some NY schools are considering offering parents a tracking device their child can wear so if they do disappear they can be found electronically.
I think that's an excellent idea, a wristband or a tag that can be securely clipped in their clothes. Even if your child has some speech it would give you some more peace of mind.