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Special needs daughter excluded from party. WWYD?

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Want2bSupermum · 05/06/2018 15:38

Here is the back story:

We live in America in a town which is prosperous. Most parents are making at least £100k+ a year and are quite showy sometimes depending on their wealth/cultural background.

DD is in a special needs class (ABA) and is the only girl with six boys. She is very high functioning with a diagnosis of ADD/ASD/anxiety and oppositional defiance. To give colour, she will turn 7 in July and her reading age is 10.4. She finished grade 2 mid May and is a third of her way through 3rd grade. She has zero social skills and I fight tooth and nail for the school to work on social skills with her because this is her most significant weakness.

On Sunday a boy from her class had a party for celebrate his birthday. Everyone from her class except her was invited and attended. This morning DD didn't want to get out of bed because she didn't want to go to school. She said her heart was broken because she wasn't invited to the birthday party. DD told me the verbal boys were talking about it yesterday in class. The birthday boy is not verbal.

What I've done is tell DD that birthday boy is not verbal so couldn't tell his parents to invite her. Her reply to me was that DS (my son has a diagnosis of ASD and is in a different ABA class) class was all invited too except DS.

I've seen the pictures on FB now that I've looked. As far as I'm concerned the mother is a first rate bitch who can rot in hell. I'll kill her with kindness because that's how I deal with people like that. She has previously made snide remarks about me demanding the school district provide therapy rather than us pay for it privately. I had complained about the school removing therapy from my son and had gone to the parents group for suggestions as I couldn't find qualified therapists available on weekends. Her suggestions was 'we all make sacrifices for our chilldren. You are choosing to put yourself first by working. Don't work and you won't have a problem scheduling therapy.' Hmm She is South American and from a well to do family, doesn't work outside the home and her other NT child attends the local private school.

DH wants to talk to the school and ask them to talk to parents about being inclusive. I've told him it's life and the only person who needs to be aware is the teacher so she can manage any meltdowns. DH would like to exclude the child from DDs birthday in July. Again I think the way you deal with people like this who are like a hospital gown is to invite them, be super nice and hope they realize the mistake they have made.

WWYD?

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KateGrey · 05/06/2018 15:41

I feel for you as I have two girls with asd amongst many other conditions. Could it be the birthday boy only invited boys? I think things like this are really unfair but sadly it’s the world we live in and I see it as a way to prepare my kids better. It’s horrible and heartbreaking but it’s a life lessons but I don’t blame you at all! My youngest is being subject to discrimination at school and watching them deliberately exclude her is awful!

dinosaurkisses · 05/06/2018 15:45

Is it possible she only invited the boys in the class?

Very inconsiderate given your daughter was the only girl, but I’d assume that she was excluded due to her sex rather than her personality (not that that’s much better mind you...)

Want2bSupermum · 05/06/2018 15:50

There is one girl in DSs class who was invited so wasn't a boys only party.

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Parker231 · 05/06/2018 21:39

I think the mother of the birthday child is being very unkind. At that age if there is a class party, then it should include all children. I don't think there is any advantage of raising this with the school as they have no influence over who is and isn't invited to a party. Unfortunately its a horrible life lesson for your DD which will be very difficult to explain to her. I agree with your approach of inviting the birthday child to your DD's party - there is no reason why you should sink to her levels and more appropriate to be the better person.

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