I sure hope that you are able to read this because this one is the one that makes me the most upset...................no, it PISSES me off! I usually don't use that kind of language but this one gets under my skin and there is simply no other way to describe the way that it makes me feel!

First of all I am going to use the so called "teacher's" name because I am NOT going to protect her since it is time that she is totally exposed and besides I am protected by First Amendment rights and there is nothing that she can do about it! Her name is April Hendricks and April, who does not deserve to be called a "teacher", used the word "disrespectful" when it was not appropriate at all because my son does NOT have any clue what the hell it means or the concept of it. Please someone let me know if your child who is autistic can follow what disrespectful means and can grasp the concept. Well, for sure my child who is autistic ( I feel that I have to emphasize autistic because apparently she forgot that he was autistic!) did not and still does not grasp that concept!!!!!

Maybe, just maybe.....................Griffin was "shhhhing" them because he was having auditory issues and perhaps the sound/noise was bothering his ears! And maybe he was putting his hand in their faces because they refused to respond to his requests. I certainly know that when someone ignores me that I ultimately use body language to get my point across one way or another. I feel that he was in distress and had no other way to express himself and to make his wishes known in hopes that they would be heard and understood and of course this is NOT what happened.

Okay, let me see if I got this one right........................he said that "he was behaving this way because he didn't want to do that". First of all, I know for certain that Griffin would never say something like that and she didn't clarify that he was asked why he was behaving that way so for sure she is lying like a dog! Griffin is one heck of a brilliant child but he does not posess the ability to explain why he is doing something so clearly and in such detail. And so what if he didn't want to do something, maybe he wasn't feeling well or just didn't feel like being an idiot and conforming to their every whim!

This part is the kicker.........................we are really working on him understanding that sometimes we have to do what we don't want to. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe that she had the audacity to even write that to me! Griffin is well aware that he does not always get what he wants but for her to say that is totally inappropriate and it is absolutely absurd to admit it. I think that here she tells on herself and inadvertently lets me know that she is treating Griffin as though he is just some spoiled brat and that he must learn his lessons and to act like a compliant Educable Mentally Disabled child when he is just the exact opposite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

......and that he is not in charge. OMG! It amazes me what April actually wrote on her notes to me and never, not once, had a parent teacher conference!!!!!!! Any child of that age will test his/her boundaries to see how far they can go, it is all part of the learning and growing process. So for Griffin to exert himself like that is actually a huge leap in progress and I believe that he doesn't have much longer until he is in a regular ed. classroom that is IF he ever goes back to school in this backward state and only IF he were to have an excellent and contemporary teacher who is fully qualified to work with autistic kiddos and who will appreciate him for all that he is and to not just single out certain traits, emphasize them and then push him out the door. I would love for all this to go to Due Process Hearing soon so until then I will let you know how things are going and I will post all the details. The time is near and it is looking as though I am going to get the help that I need and finally justice will be served!


Got to get to bed, it is very late: 2:00 a.m.