Mum fumes over son's end of term trip to the seaside
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe mum of an autistic son has aired her anger after her child missed out on an end of term school trip to the seaside. The pupil was due to go on the trip to Blackpool last week with his friends and hundreds of other pupils.
But after the school refused to allow his mum to take her son by car to join the trip in the popular seaside town, she said he was left unable to attend because the alternative of travelling by double decker coach would have been “too stressful.” The mum, who asked to be referred to by her first name of Stacey, said that she was “very pleased” that her son, who she has asked not to be named, was willing to attend the trip in the first place and was “extremely disappointed” when the school refused what she said was a “reasonable adjustment” to accommodate the needs of his condition.
Stacey said the situation had left her feeling her son had been “discriminated against” due to his condition and left him missing out on an important opportunity to spend time outside school with his classmates.
The mum, from Liverpool, said her son, who was diagnosed with autism in 2019, was one of several hundred children selected for end of term treat.
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