To tell the PE teacher DS needs his glasses and take it further.

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DS attends a special school and they outsource their PE classes to a company.

On tuesday DS said that his new PE teacher said he should take his glasses off for PE. I believed DS because he has limited communication and doesnt have the ability to make up a story.

I wrote a note in the communication book to say that he needed to wear them all times. HE has an eye condition and a really strong prescription. He really is almost blind without them (not an exaggeration!)

Diary comes back today to say that because of safety he needs to take them off in case they are broken and hurt his eyes or face, or they could fall off when running (which I understand and will offer to get one of those string thingies to keep them on).

AIBU to drop the office an email and say that the chances are much higher that DS will walk into something and injure himself, which has happened before.

I dont go up to school at all so no chance of catching a teacher in the playground.

My PE teacher made me remove my glasses and then yelled at me for not catching the ball.

My SD is 9 and has worn glasses since SPD was 3. She has a squint so not only can she not see without them she goes cross eyed and gets a dreadful headache.

She has done trampolining, gymnastics, aerial, football and dance classes with them on with no issues. Never asked to take them off. Being accident prone she has fallen flat on her face and damaged her glasses. We always have spares.

The PE teacher is being ridiculous.

Dd not SD, and she not SPD. I need my reading glasses!

Look up Mohegan Hurd, American gymnast. She was a World Champion and wears her glasses to compete!

Just picked this up. As per usual schools (and teachers) in a very difficult position. Being a PE teacher in a primary school for nearly 30 years and having (only on a few occasions) witnessed parents threaten other parents and school staff when a child wearing glasses got hit in the face with a football, leaving the child with broken glasses and a deep cut on the ridge of his nose, I understand why teachers want children to do PE without glasses. On another occasion a mother threated the school with legal action saying her child had broken their nose and glasses while bumping into another child during a netball lesson. Emails and threats went on for 3 months until a private medical appointment (which the mum said the school should pay for), concluded that the nose had not been broken! I also understand 'risk' of injury could also be increased if a visually impaired child did contact PE without glasses. Therefore the solution would be that parents request glasses ae worn at all times (including PE) and sign a disclaimer if any accidents occur as a result of e=wearing glasses during a PE lesson. Sad world we live in, but with the claim culture as it is teachers and schools have to be very careful and some decisions that appear straight forward to parents arenot always as straight forward in school.