Bullying Already? My Aspie Has Already Been Targeted!

I knew it would happen, I just didn't know how hard it would be. Yesterday, late in the evening my son shared that he'd had a bad day at school. He didn't really know how to share in depth details, but did manage to tell me that he'd been picked on for the way he speaks. Not just once, but multiple times throughout the day. It even sounded like older kids were somehow involved... not sure when that would have happened though.

In any case, his little spirit was broken. When I picked him up from school Friday, he seemed very distant. I tried to pry information from him... you know the typical questions like "how did your day go" and "did you have fun again today?", to which I gained no response at all. Finally he got angry with me. I though perhaps he was just that tired. It's been a huge week for him, so it made sense. I let it go and we continued to walk home. Once there, we continued our homeschooling tradition of Friday Movie Day and watched Journey to the Center of the Earth. He seemed ok, but still very quiet. It wasn't until very late in the evening, after 10 o'clock that he said he needed to talk to me. In a very mature manner he shared what had happened to the best of his ability. He seemed scared that someone might hurt him, but couldn't tell me exactly what was said, just that they were making fun of and laughing at the way he speaks.

My husband is going to talk to the counselor, the principal, and his teacher to find out what can be done to keep him feeling safer and accepted. I know this is the real world, I just really need prayer about how to handle it, how to help my son cope with being different, and how to help know how to best respond to the bullying. I'd also like to ask that everyone pray for him to meet at least one really good friend at school. We all needed that right? Some of us had that, some didn't. I personally think it makes all the difference in the world.

Ok, so I'm a bit down today. My son seems like a different boy than he did just Thursday evening when he was dreading the weekend because he didn't want to miss school. Now when the subject comes up, yes... he likes school, but he's not sure about whether he wants to be there. I know what he's saying. I just wish I knew how to make it all better!