I’ve taken ds to the park this morning on his bike. We always go to this one.
Me and dh walk behind ds, ds bikes off in front, (huge trail, no cars / roads, it’s safe etc, if anything happened we can get to him etc) he likes to go fast (faster than me and dh walk) ds stopped in the distance but further than I would of liked, i called him back, and 2 people started talking to him but looked like they were getting a bit animated with him, I couldn’t hear what was being said but could see, from their body actions they looked like they were telling him off. I again shouted for ds to come back, I started jogging towards them, the 2 people walked the opposite way and we caught up to ds, I asked ds what happened.
He said he said fucking and they told him off, but he wouldn’t / couldn’t relay what they said. I said don’t say fucking. I then said to dh they shouldn’t be telling him off. (Maybe say don’t swear or something, but don’t get high rate with him!!) I didn’t go after the 2 adults as ds said they told him off and as I was talking to ds about it they had completely disappeared. I then told ds he’s not biking off in front now, stay beside me or go home.
15 minutes later we were sat on the grass having an ice Lolly from the cafe. I was at this point telling him why he couldn’t bike around and do any more laps because of swearing and some horrid old cowbag came up to me and said this. In a really aggressive tone.
He’s been biking around and swearing!, I said he was swearing yes, he told me when I asked him what 2 grown adults where doing telling my child off, he’s been told off for it, she said there’s clearly something wrong with him (!) he doesn’t look normal (!) but It doesn’t excuse his language,
I said how disgusting for you to say that, I said he’s got disabilities and how dare you describe him as having something wrong and not being ‘normal’ baring in mind ds is stood beside me and she’s saying he’s not normal and there’s something wrong with him 😡 she said you let him bike around swearing and he shouldn’t he allowed on the park.
I said I don’t let him bike around swearing, (!) as soon as I knew he was swearing he was beside me and had been told off. And why shouldn’t he allowed on a park? Aren’t disabled kids allowed on ‘normal parks’?
She then said if he was ‘normal’ he wouldn’t be swearing, I was seething at this point, I called her disabilist got my phone out to record her, I got dh to take ds because I was angry. and she immediately walked off with her dog at this point when I was going to record how she was speaking about a disabled kid.
Got ds off the park and he’s said have I been taken off the park bcos the one in the white shirt hit me on the head!!!!!!
I immediately went back and searched the full park and couldn’t see her who I’d just had that argument with or another one in a white top. I would honestly have decked her. I’ve never hit ds so I don’t expect a stranger to do it. I was shaking I was so mad.
He’s sticking to the same story, claims the adult in the white shirt smacked him over the head. I see they were animated with their hands (I’m like this though) but I wouldn’t say it looked like she clonked him over the head. He’s adamant though. He can take things the wrong way though, so I’m wondering if it’s as ds said or not. But it’s difficult to get the actual events from ds.