Gs and my 2 youngest go to the same school. Only difference is mine come out of school 10 mins later . Meaning dd gets on the bus before me. So we don't travel home together. She is on the same bus route as me but she lives 8 mins further on.
Anyway GS has autism. And dd has bipolar. Gs gets extremely upset and stressed on the bus. Things can trigger him like somone standing on the bus or school children. Sometimes after being at school etc it'd just to much for him. He will scream shout say awful things. Spit , kick hit, make threats etc. Dd can't manage this very well she gets very upset and stressed. And within the upset she will shout at him or tell him she's taking his taking is tablet away. Or tells him your behaviour is disgusting. Sometimes it sounds like 2 teenagers. Sometimes she snaps at stuff she does not Need to. I'm not sure if her reactions are due to the bipolar ? She has had adults making comments about how GS is but also how dd is towards him. Dd will snap at comments from adults as well . And before you know it there's adults arguing infront of GS and the whole situation is a madness . DD has had threats etc .
I just wanted to add at this point I'm awear that above I said I don't travel with dd as she gets the bus before me. But I have travelled with her on the bus a good handful of times. So I'm awear she reacts to things in a way she does not Need to.
Dd will often phone or message me ranting or crying and very stressed telling me she can't cope it's very hard to tell when there is something truly going on. As things are not always as they seem with dd. She would say things like GS has played up all the way home when infact it was just 2 stops . Or someone said "sort your kid out " and she tells me how people were abusive to her. Then within 20 mins she's posting joking happy stuff on social media. So then im thinking is it really that bad. Or again is this a bipolar thing ?
So im thinking should I get GS from school for her ? And he can come on the bus with me and my 2. But I would get her to meet me at my bus stop . So she would have to travel with him for around 8 mins.
The reason I have not offered this before was because I already do quite a bit for her. And I wanted her to see that sometimes she has to do stuff herself and manage the hard bits to.