I've posted this in SN but am also posting here for traffic.
My DS is 12. He has HFA and he's in MS school with a statement. He's in year 7 having started secondary school last September. The school is small and had a good reputation for SEN. We had quite a few issues with school, fair bit of bullying and I've told school every time. His keyworker told me to back off. I've seen the SENCO twice, he assured me things would get done, nothing happened.
There's a boy DS doesn't get in with. I don't think it's physical, but teasing. For example this boy tried to video DS, making him look stupid then post it online. DS is anxious anyway but his anxiety is worse. He's self harming - splitting his lip, biting his arms. I've taken to the GP. They diagnosed severe anxiety but couldn't do much else. Over the Christmas holiday, DS said he was going to ignore this boy and make a fresh start.
Today, first day back, just after lunch, school phoned. DS had a head injury. So I went to collect him. DS said this boy was following him, taking the mickey out of him because ds is friends with a girl (for some reason this attracts attention) anyway DS was trying to get away and he fell over. He has a cut face, swollen lip and black eye. His uniform was covered in mud. He was very distressed.
So I'm going in tomorrow to see the Head. Trouble is I know they will say it's all DS's imagination. But it's not, this type of thing has happened before with DS st a previous school, - school said it was in DS's head, turned out it wasn't!! I'm so sick of my DS being blamed because of ASD. I don't want to look like an overly anxious parent but I'm tired of being fobbed off.