SHAME IN THE UK
Dear friends,
let me tell you what the ''perfect'' UK Government has done to my son. We live in London and looking forward to move to Qatar soon. I have been in the UK for 12 years and thought of it as a progressive country, that was, until my son was diagnosed in the ASD and treated like a psicho-killer on the run. He was excluded from a Mainsteam school with the excuse that they realized after 7 months (wow how professional!!!)that they were not trained to look after him. His 1to1 help was a ridiculous classroom assistant , who left him alone and unsupervised all the time. Then, they started making stuff up, the most ridiculous was that he spent all school day playing with the water and flooding the school. Strange that his clothes were always dry and even stranger, that a flooded school operates !!!!
The government refused to listen to my concerns and excluded him from this school. Then, he was forced to stay at home in a study program, which was awful.
In September, he was forced to go in a school for autistic children against our will, but the other option was permanent home schooling!
The school itself is pretty, small, they all have 1to1 support, but the problem is, that my son is in a mild level, able to communicate and progress : the school is for severely autistic children, none of them say a word and by logic, children also grow up by imitating other children, so if these kids don't talk, is only logic that he is closing himself in.
This is just a plain discrimination issue, that I am sure wouldn't have happened anywere in the world including Ingushetia !!!!
I am now taking legal steps to have my son removed from this school, as there are schools walking distance from me and no reason at all why he shouldn't go.
His permanency in a school for severely autistic children, can and will permanently damage him.
Westminster - Special Educational Needs, be prepared to a lot of headache if anything happens to my son. I bet if I had blond hair and blue eyes, my name was Johnson and i had a british passport, my son would have gone to Eton , am I right ?
A country with racial laws before mine during WW2!!!
And they flaunt themselves an 'equal opportunity'......
I did, dear friend .... and was ignored :(
That would happen just anywhere when you are in foreign country. Its a pity for your son anyway but you have to obey the system of the host country otherwise you will have to look for alternative in some other country.
... because this is surely the wrong place to be for a family with a child who has ASD.
As usual, people are quick to use the race card. Like the above posts, I believe it's purely down to where you live in the UK and if the local schools have the facilities and extra teachers & assistants to help. British schools are bursting at the seams and are not fortunate enough to give one on one help unless it's a private school. I also know of someone who has been in a similar position as your son and she is British, so I definitely don't think it's got anything to do with where you come from.
There's always some help out there, go to citizen's advice bureau, they may be able to point you in the right direction. If you don't ask, you don't get...
Best of luck to you and your son :-)
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What has this got to do with Qatar?
Why scream racism if you think you had poor treatment? Isn't it likely to be just poor treatment?
If you were blonde and had the name Johnson wouldn't you more likely be Scandinavian.
Sorry to hear about your story. But it appears that you are a victim of the system which has nothing to do with race. From your profile you are Italian. If I may ask would it have been different if your were in Italy?
Not much help you will get here in Qatar.
When did you as a parent suspect that your son had ASD? Lucky at least in UK he got diagnosed. Also it appears that you might just be living in the wrong Area. Like they say it is a Postcode lottery in the UK. If you live in a good area, you will have good schools, good council services etc.
So what I can gather from your post is that your son has been failed by the local education authority not by the government.
It is always difficult for parents to live with kids whom have such disoders, but with the right care and support you can help the children alot.
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this kind of thing can and does happen all over the world and all over the UK to children from all walks of life including nationals.
It is usually down to a postcode lottery about what kind of services you will be offered.
I feel for you and your son and I hope that you can find a decent solution, but please do not portray this as a racist incident.
claudia, its really sad to know about ur son..Y don't u bring this matter to the govt.out there??
or circket bat and go hit some powerful shots in their balls.
And there after you will be happy.