Not wanting to hijack other threads: parents of autistic DCs have spoken of them not liking to be touched, going into meltdown, etc, and it has got me thinking.
Not long ago I was standing on a bus next to a mother and child of about seven (let?s not get sidetracked into why nobody let her or the boy sit down ? they just didn?t) when the driver hit the brakes hard, presumably to avoid an accident. Several of us lost our balance and I ended sprawled against the lad who was jammed up against the side of the bus. Somebody else banged up against me.
Apologies all round, including one from the boy who was charming about it, and no harm done to anyone. I assume he was NT. But what if he had been autistic? Would having me jammed up hard against him have launched him into a meltdown? What if it had?
Parents of autistic DC on this forum: would you have blamed me? Would you have been angry ? even in the short term ? at me?
What should I have done?