Questions and answers
This area is a place for you to ask questions about autism and your child. You can also answer questions posed by other members of the community.
To ask a question, please email elena@talkaboutautism.org.uk. The questions can be as general or specific as you like. They can be questions that you might have wished had been answered when you started on your journey or they can be questions that need answering now. All questions will be approved before they are published.
If you see a question that you think you can answer, click 'Submit an Answer' underneath the question when viewing it. Again, these will be approved before they are published.
My son is being bullied at school, on one occasion it was so bad he ended up in hospital. The school refuses to address the issue – they have told me it is due to his poor social skills. I feel that no-one is listening to me or my son and I don’t know what the next step should be. Please help!
My son is 7 years old and has a diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome. He attends a mainstream school. His class teacher treats him as a naughty child as he makes a lot of noises and flaps in class which she says distracts the other children. I feel he has no control over these noises but his teacher says this is him being defiant. I do not want to jeopardise my relationship with the school but I need to address this issue. How should I approach this?
My child is just going into the Transition stage and I'm not at all confident firstly about the information I will get or whether the right provision will be suggested and then put into place. I don’t know where to go for support.
We struggle for afterschool activities for my son as although there is an excellent range of activities available, accessing appropriate childcare has proved very difficult and expensive and LA transport is completely inflexible. What should I do?
I feel as a parent that my view counts for nothing. What can I do to engage positively with the local authority and get them to embrace parent participation?
My son has just been diagnosed with autism, I can’t find any support in our area on what to do and where to go?
I want to make a complaint because my local authority have failed to change my child's statement as ordered by the Tribunal, but I don't know where to start.
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