DS is 13, in yr 9.
He is small for his age and also a tad quirky (not statemented but some Aspergers, dyspraxia etc).
The last few weeks he has come home with some nasty bruises that he says he has no idea how he got. DH and I have tried numerous times, with various chat topics, to get him to open up and confide in us but to no avail.
This morning Though I noticed another bruise and went very gently and DS still insists he does not know exactly how he got it but it was "just banter". He did get upset though and you could tell he wasnt telling the whole truth. He was thinking too much about what exactly to say to me.
Where do we go from here? It's breaking my heart to see him go off to school and it seems he has just accepted that this is what will happen to him if he can't keep out of the way of certain people or groups.
TIA
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DS says its just banter but do the bruises suggest otherwise?
mckenzie · 27/04/2015 08:22
No, it's not banter.
They may be telling him it's banter and due to his Asperger's he may be believing them, but it's not acceptable. Frame the post again and imagine it's a woman posting on relationships saying that about her DH... 
As to what you can do about it, I'm not up on high school yet (though suspect I will be posting similar threads in a couple of years myself ). Hopefully someone else will be along soon to give you more concrete advice about the right course of action to take.
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