My son (age 5, ASD) has repeatedly been told off in music for being very disruptive. We have eventually got to the bottom of this with him: apparently there is loud recorded music with a particular part when all the 33 children play along loudly on instruments and shout. In common with many children with ASD, DS has hypersensitive hearing, and the school has been told several times and expereienced themselves in other settings that he finds recorded music and loud noise intolerable.
I am writing to school about this, and am looking for a way of saying something along the lines of it's not his misbehaving, it's you not addressing his disability - much as you wouldn't expect a child on crutches to join in the PE lessons in the same way as other children. Would you tell child-with-walking-problem off for not coping with PE? So why tell my child off for not coping with the loud noises?
Any coherent suggestions for wording this in a disability context?
Thanks.
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Marvin · 10/02/2008 20:38
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