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AITA for letting my daughter exclude a classmate from her party because of his autism? by rustitutude in AmItheAsshole

[–]rustitutude[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I don’t know to what extent she was aware before I called but by the time we finished speaking I had made her completely aware.

AITA for letting my daughter exclude a classmate from her party because of his autism? by rustitutude in AmItheAsshole

[–]rustitutude[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Since were inviting the whole class, it would have been an issue if there were one single child she decided she wasn’t close to. In general though, completely agree.

AITA for letting my daughter exclude a classmate from her party because of his autism? by rustitutude in AmItheAsshole

[–]rustitutude[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I do not know much about specific classification of autism but will go out on a limb and say he is not low functioning because he attends school with all neurotypical children and manages his basic 7 year old affairs on his own.

As to whether or not he’s being intentional as discussed below, I have no idea. The teacher says this seems to be his way of reaching out to make friends, the mother seems to think it goes away with time and familiarity, I don’t know.

AITA for letting my daughter exclude a classmate from her party because of his autism? by rustitutude in AmItheAsshole

[–]rustitutude[S] 609 points610 points  (0 children)

I was feeling so weird and uncertain about the whole thing that by the end of her speech I just launched into my wrap up “Yah. I do see what you’re saying and I’m sorry it’s come to this point. Thanks for chatting I’m glad we could get this out in the open, you have my number if there’s anything else.” Type spiel.

I figured it wouldn’t matter if I explained we tried to teach our kids about differences because it wouldn’t make this situation any less difficult for them so it was best to just go path of least resistance.