Our Children Deserve Better

I write this soaked in tears. Another story of a teacher abusing an innocent child.

I’m so incredibly sick about the stories that are coming out almost everyday now. Those are just the ones we know of.

Some of our kiddos can’t communicate. They can’t tell us how their days are.

We basically have to be mind readers and go off their body language.

This last story I just read was that special needs teachers locked kids in a dark bathroom and blew whistles in their face all while holding their hands down so the kid couldn’t cover his ears.

I don’t know if it’s true, but I’m so emotional over this.

My almost 5 yr old is starting school soon. He has been in therapy up until now.

He can’t tell you anything besides very basic needs, like he wants chips, water or his favorite toy.…nothing else.

He can sing you a song but can not tell you how old he is or if he likes his teachers. I’m his voice until he finds his.

Yes, I believe you can sense if something is wrong.

I had to use my spidey sense recently and chose a different route for him. But abuse?

How can you sense that? How will you know?

This is my biggest fear of Autism. It’s not the public meltdowns, it’s not the stack of therapy bills that keeps rising….it’s that he will be treated unfairly by those in charge of him and he won’t be able to tell me.

Legally our kids have to be in some sort of school. Most parents chose to send their kids to public schools or private schools.

If we are legally required to do so then the schools should be legally required to be checking in on these educators.

Do a random weekly walk in. Do SOMETHING to help these kids. All kids, not just special needs.

OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER.

We have been lucky and have had amazing educators and therapists in our life. This is not a post bashing teachers.

I have a very high respect for anyone who chooses their life path as a teacher. Molding the lives of little children has to be such a rewarding job.

I’ve seen the comments on some of the news stories, people who don’t understand. People who think we allow our kids to “act out” and blame it on their disability.

The one that broke my heart was that someone commented our children should be locked up away from the typical kids. Oh people, if you only knew.

This is the hard part. This is the stuff that we don’t discuss with friends and family.

This is the stuff that keeps us up at night. This is the stuff that never lets us go too far from our kids.

This is the stuff that absolutely breaks our hearts.

I’m just a heartbroken Mom today.

To all the special needs parents who fight this hidden battle everyday of making sure our kids are safe, I commend you.

Sending some extra love your way today.

Written by, An Anonymous Mother

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