a chance for the SN community to tell you how it really is and to tell you the horrid stuff they have to deal with

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all the time..
after the horror of the other thread, I think it would be good for the sn community on mn to tell their stories, when they have been harassed/assaulted/ and abused by the nt world.
night help to put a couple of minor incidents that someone in the nt world has had to put up with for a very short space of time.

so I will start ....
we were subjected ot haye crime for 5 years....why because my ds fell out with them when they called my dd a spaz.
we can't go out without the staring...small children blocking out way in the shop, whilst mummy/daddy does nothing, just so their child can stare at dd, who is shock horror in a wheelchair.
my son was bullied at school by nt kids who took delight in calling dd a spaz.

mie are minor compared with most.

I think the teen SN board needs to get a bit livelier - I recognise some of the posting names on there (Davros for example Agincourt can be found on the teen board :) )

Devient, am in from about 5 if you want a chat later X

No cliffs OK? I shall put ds4 on your head to ground you if you try it

has your respite been cut too devientenigma? Mine has been cut from 12 hours p/w to 3, 3 which i have to transport myself 12 miles away from my home (I mean WTF?) My SW is about as much use as a chocolate teapot and he is patronising in the extreme. I have requested overnights but I am told she isn't disabled enough and yet she is 'too disabled' to access anything else I find it all draining

I tried the teen board it was always deserted

lol Peachy I would but I have that many I still don't know where to start.

sorry i am moaning.

Don't do anything daft you know your loved devientenigma xx

A large group of SN board left a while back, it's a real shame their insight was wonderful.

Did I read that right, Peachy, and you're newly diagnosed with AS yourself? You OK?

I've only been a parent of a disabled child for 7 months, so my experience doesn't really count for much yet.

However, I would just like to remind people that disability can affect ANYONE, even 'normal' people. I know, because I was fairly normal too! I don't like the way people look at my dd3 and I sometimes with a suspicious eye, or sympathy, or, I don't know what. I'm still just a mum, and beneath the wires and tube's, dd3 is still just a baby. We are out and about doing our own thing, not to act as a spectator sport for the smug mums with their perfect babies.

lol, dotty and yes Peachy not even a sn support thread as such and someone already has a way forward. A thread where we are all supposed to be letting others know how bad we have it.........and dotty is your comment aimed at me. Yes Agin my DS is also severly disabled, numerous medical, neurological, physical issues etc and support from anywhere..............the latest being no pead as he's not in school so they have discharged him from all services.......he's only 11

Could this thread be moved to some where like 'parenting' so that it doesn't disappear after 90 days?

I think (or at least hope) the majority of adults treat those with sn badly out of ignorance rather than intending to be so insulting and unhelpful. Maybe if this thread could be referred to each time some one posts a thread showing a complete misunderstanding of sn, it might help.

I cannot understand how any adult can think it OK to continue to allow children to treat sn classmates so appallingly.

god that's awful :( how can they discharge him from all services? My daughter is 12

Agincourt, what is your dd's diagnosis, if you don't mind me asking?

sorry yes it was devientenigma post away

i wonder if the recent 'cull' and reorganisation of 'Talk' sections has affected traffic on the SN boards at all?

I think this should be MN's next campaign. To see the person and not the disability. Every school has a responsibility to talk about this.

even professionals involved with my son see the problem not the person, in fact what all the NT crowd would love to hear is the profs are waiting for the day my son is institutionalised (sp) as he doesn't cope day to day in any community!!

you know those sn kids who make you fearful...........thats mine! Yet if you see him as a person and get to know his needs and issues, what a difference.

Your DS is lovely though just damn hard work

WTF is wrong with people?

The level of ignorance detailed here, IN SCHOOLS FFS - is sickening.

Thanks for this thread. Society needs educating.

Fucking Government isn't helping

unchartered I don't think it's the cull, I think it's more to do with who left the board, then those who were left knowing all the ins and outs about what happened and there take over. Plus the need to be topdog so to speak. What's others thoughts?

Madame I think the best way to educate these people is for them to shadow a family to see exactly what it's like or big brother style.

Well I would like to come on this thread to apologize for the pathetic way in which I persued my "Problem" on yesterdays thread....I realise that one very minor incident was in no way anythiing to compare to the worry and humiliation that so many of you suffer daily.

I am truly sorry that I ever thought my opinion on people with SN and public transport was valid...I can't actually cope with thinking about the way I kept coming on thread and defending myself for being so stuck on an idea.

I am sorry. I have never been someone who ignored or was afraid of those with SN but like many people with no real experience I do get unsure at times. I am really ashamed. I had a similar awakening on MN once before but that was on a different topic and sometimes MN puts you in a new place which is all good.

No matter what difficulties people may face they should recieve the same chances in life that everyone has...wether that is getting on a bus, making frends, having fun or trying new things. I will always advocate that now and I am sorry to TheSecondComing who I was rude to personally.