an intro and a question

[Guest guest]

Hi my name is and I am single mom to aged 10. Andy was

diagnosed in 2005 with having aspergers as well as anxiety,

depression and adhd and scotopic sensitivity. I was wondering if any

of you maybe have school aged children with aspies that are in a

public school and how the schools rules and punishments are done

towards an aspergers student.

My son is not a violent person and doesn't normally initiate violence

(I.e. Throw the first punch) unless he is antagonized or provoked

into it, and then it still takes a while for this to happen. The

other day my son was being antagonized on the playground and he

requested several times for them to stop getting louder at each

request but it continued and he picked up a shoe a student had

dropped and pitched it toward the group. It just happened to hit

another student and now my son had to serve in school suspension for

hitting another student (the principal said it was the same as

punching the student) there was nothing ever said about what

punishment if any the other students received and I'm just wondering

if I'm overreacting or is there something else I should do.

It doesn't seem fair to me for him to have been provoked into what he

did and him get punished but none of the other students. Any help or

advice would be helpful and appreciated.