My SIL teaches the sunbeams in church. Her son has autism and is in her class. He is a typical child with autism. That means he is in his own world. He loves very bright colors and is cute to boot. With his level of autism he need lots of attention.
One of the sisters in my ward has a son in that same class. She has taken her son out of that class and put him in a different sunbeam class. The reason was she thought that her son was not learning enough. Meaning that a lot of attention is focus on my nephew. She did not like that.
So instead of teaching her son the importance of respecting the differences in others and their abilities. She is teaching her son to stay-a-way from people with disabilities, because they are not "normal".
What ever that means!
3 comments:
It is very sad that the other parent would remove their child. Autistic children are loving and kind, with energy and happiness to share - if they are given the chance.
In the eyes of a 3yr old all people are the same. There are no differences. So teaching differences at that age is pointless. If the teacher is neglecting the other children to focus on one, that is where the problem is.It's not the fact the one child has a dissability. Doing what's best for each child is really the only way to handle it.
Thank you for your comment's. But as for my experience, with children and special needs, at 3-4 year's old they start to notice differences within people. My nephew has a high level of autism, and needs constant watch, or he will take off faster and quieter then a 'normal' child. This is why the primary pres. decided to have 2 teachers for this particular class. All people who have any kind of disabilities no two are the same,like snowflakes and all must be handle differently. I have been around special needs all my life, on top of that I have worked with special needs who have different levels of all kinds of disabilities for a number of years. I'm not disregarding what you comment, but it is a very big challenge to treat special needs and 'normal' people the same.
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