Jan, you’re right - I definitely felt more like ranting and had to cut a lot out of what I’d originally written! So far I’ve had some difficulty getting the email to get through to the teacher - it keeps bouncing back to me, even though I have the address right. I think I’ll just print it out and mail it the old fashioned way. But when I said, “He does the best he can,” I think she realized that she had been out of line with her laughter, because she stopped and said, “Yes, he does.” I’m not sure how Nigel felt about the laughter. He was standing right next to her, so he certainly noticed it. It was at the beginning of a really busy day with the tree recycling (not sure if you read my post from Monday about that), and I never had time to talk to him about it. I’m going to have to try to approach him about it, because I want to ask him if she’s done that to him in class as well. I certainly hope not.

Johanna, my hope is that more teachers all over will read this post and that it will help a little for the futures of other ASD kids! Best wishes to you and your son.

xo