Autistic Child voted out of Class

[Ginger's Mom]

The mother may have felt that kindergarten (which is where I assume a 5 year old would be), would not involve too much beyond the child's abilities. And as a matter of fact would be a good way for a child to learn to get along in a public setting, since many of the children are just learning social skills and how to get along all day without family there. Once actual schooling/learning begins other options may be available at the school. No I don't blame the mother at all in this case. The teacher has very poor leadership skills.

[Pam]

My co-workers's son also has Asperger's Syndrome. As Twisterdog said, this disability is often not so great as to be glaringly evident. He, too, attended a special school after being bullied by his classmates in a 'regular' school. My goodness, one thing that a child with this disability doesn't need is a teacher who singles him out for ridicule and then turns the class against him. I hope this little boy will be able to get past this. We sometimes carry "baggage" from childhood with us into adulthood. How much harder it will be for this little boy. This teacher has got to find another profession.

I remember growing up, years before all of these disorders had special names like autism, ADD, etc. I was in school with a boy who ate crayons every day. I don't ever remember him being singled out for this behavior. We all thought it odd but none of us kids made fun of him. When you are five years old it is not a big deal what a classmate does, unless the teacher makes it a big deal. JMHO.