My son (A) has just started secondary school.
He is autistic and struggles to make friends his own age.
His older sister (B) also goes to this school. She is very popular and never struggled making friends. She is also fiercely independent and although she loves her siblings she likes to have her friends separate from them.
Up until today she has allowed A to hang about with her and her friends at break and lunch. But today she has said she doesn’t want him to hang about with them anymore.
I understand and knew this would happen but I had hoped it might be a bit further down the line to give him time to make some friends of his own. It took him over a year to make a friend at his last school.
I know his struggles shouldn’t be her problem. How can I help him going forward? I’m so worried for him.
Secondary is a big change as it is and now he’ll be all alone every day.
Thank you for any help