My 6 year old daughter has ASD. At school she is quiet, polite, in the higher groups for reading and maths- great student. Her real issue is she doesn't how to mix and everyone rejects her. Mostly kids are rude to her, ignore her or pull away from her. One day I watched her ask 5 kids to be her partner and everyone ignored her. She can be a bit hyper, odd, talks a lot, repetitive so I get kids would be wary but once she calms down she is lovely but the constant rejection has crushed her self esteem.
We have repeatedly asked the school for help but they just keep telling me what a happy girl our child is. The child I describe having melt downs when I pick her up, licking things for comfort, rocking, crying at night, desperate for friends, feeling lonely is not the child they see so why would She need help?
What help can I get? What is she entitled to? How do you push a school that won't help? We have met with the head teacher, class teacher and SENCO. SALT pushed for for access to a communications class due to pragmatic language problems but it was stopped after 5 weeks and we will not be receiving any other classes.
She is being left behind, the quiet forgotten child. At this point I'd rather concentrate on her social skills and confidence than reading and writing. There is no point be great at something if you have no confidence.