To not like this phrasing by TA

[Bakingwithmyboys]

DS1 is in year 1. This half term he moved school. The other day we were walking home when he got asked by another child of he was going to the park which is right next to the school. We had no plans so went along. Whilst walking there and playing, there was another little boy from the year group talking to my DS. More shouting things and running past but nothing untoward. My Ds acted a little strangely though. Then he proceeded to tell me many times "his brain is broken".
He told me so many times that I asked him to stop saying that as I didn't feel comfortable with that phrase.

Upon further investigation it would seem the class TA has told my DS that this is the case. We've had a conversation about how all brains are different and for this little boy it might mean he doesn't fully understand the way things DS does and if he talks about seemingly "random" things he might be trying to make friends.

I'm debating bringing this to the attention of the school, as this just doesn't seem the right way to describe a person.

AIBU?

As a teacher I would never use that to describe a child with SEND. I might use it to describe myself if I did something a little bit stupid like writing the wrong date on the board. I would probably say "oh my brain is a little bit broken today!" But I would never describe a child as that as it's implying they're something that needs to be fixed when that's absolutely not the case. If your child is picking that up and repeating it then I would definitely raise it, maybe just to the teacher of the class and see if they can shed any more light on it.

I don’t think it’s appropriate. It sounds as though she was maybe trying to explain something in a child friendly way, but she’s got it very wrong. I think since your child is repeating it (also it sounds like it’s freaked him out because he has no way of understanding what that means and it sounds scary to a little child), I’d probably have a word with the teacher about it.

Have a word with school, but bear in mind the TA may not have uttered those exact words, and that was just your child's interpretation.

If those are the precise words used and not your little one‘s interpretation of what was said, then I’d talk to his teacher. Your explanation was what was good but other parents might not be able to explain it as well as you did. I’m sure the TA is just trying her best to put things in an age appropriate way but she needs some help to explain extra needs such as autism, Downs, ADHD to small children.

Have a chat with the school. It might be that your son misunderstood/that's his interpretation of what the TA said. It might be that the TA actually said those words in an attempt to give a child friendly explanation , which obviously went wrong.

Unless it was said maliciously it's something that can easily be sorted and explained better to the children.