Hello. My son is in y5 currently, he’s autistic with an ehcp and 25.5 hours of 1:1 a week. He’s doing ok academically and is a great boy, but is not really functioning at the same social level as his peers. He’s been in the same school since reception and considers a few of the kids his ‘best friends’ but while they are nice to him no one really seeks him out to play with or chat with; he’s pretty much an onlooker socially from what I can tell. He has a very restricted diet and needs super regulated routines at home to be able to function. He’s also never been on a sleepover/had a night away from us, and we’ve never used babysitters and don’t have any local friends or family who can look after him/have him overnight.
school have asked us to commit to Y6 PGL by the end of this week, and while I think it could potentially be great for him, I am very unsure for all of the above reasons. Does anyone else have any experience of sending autistic children on PGL trips? The centre they’ll be going to is Liddington.