My daughter is nerarly 4 and quite bright. At a birthday party recently there was a 7 year old boy with Autism. He bumped into her a few times and I think he hit her once. We tried to make light of it, saying it was just an accident, whilst thanking our lucky stars for 2 healthy children. Then at a soft play yesterday another boy whacked her over the head. I was understandably quite cross and told him so, when his dad came dashing over and explained that he had Autism and so I found myself apologising for my reaction. I decided that jenny need an explanation as she was referring to him as a 'very naughty boy'. I said that he had something wrong in his head which made him do things that seemed naughty and we were very lucky that we didn't have anything wrong in our heads. I really don't know whether this was well handled or not. What does anyone else think?
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