Should DS go to school on no sleep?

[33feethighandrising]

DS (age 12) has just woken me up to get ready for school and has said he hasn't slept all night.

He's autistic and often has trouble sleeping, but I strongly suspect he's been on his phone all night.

He says he wants to go to school and it's not the first time.

But, surely he shouldn't go to school if he's been up all night?

(I'm not sure I believe him he's done it before. I think I'd have heard about it as he likes to talk about how little he sleeps).

I'm going to have to go back to taking his phone off him as he obviously can't be trusted to have the phone in his room and I do understand what a temptation it is, plus we've been to the doctor about it) but I'm not really asking for help with that - just, would you send him in today?

I don't believe him he's been up all night before btw as I can't think of a morning when I didn't have to get him out if bed at 7:30.

I think you did absolutely the right thing. But I think when you have a child with SN asking in MN what's best for them doesn't tend to work too well. I speak from bitter experience.

@33feethighandrising autistic ds does frequent all nighters.

He’s been up since midnight last night.

Those are the days he definitely gets kicked out the door for school! I need sleep.

I think you did absolutely the right thing. But I think when you have a child with SN asking in MN what's best for them doesn't tend to work too well. I speak from bitter experience. I hope the SN Boards have been better

I let him nap for an hour and a half, then up for dinner and his D&D club.

He handed over his phone at bedtime, no complaints. Let's just hope he sleeps! I think he will.

I have the same problem with my daughter's school tell me even if she went to sleep at 4 am I still have to get her up for school which is depriving my daughter of sleep not the school has looked into it they have admitted they have to neglect my daughter of her sleep that is something shes needs so now they have to send her home so I sort out a sleep pattern again