Autism Blaming

The case involved didn’t come right out and say it’s because you are autistic, but I heard the person in authority saying that he wished the victim was more social. Social can be tough when you are autistic… add to that a new school wearing masks all day. As I heard it I had already guessed the actual problem had been that the actual person to blame had a moment of stupidity and thought they were being funny. It had nothing to do with how liked we were at all.

Making friends at a school when you are the new people is really tough, tough for students and tough for parents. At my older kid's school where…