Organizing birthday parties for your kids is a trend now. Parents give out invitations to the kid’s classmates and the polite way is to invite everyone without any “favoritism”.

As much as we hope that children get a healthy and friendly environment to learn, there is always an element of bias. One mom who has an autistic son shared her experience revolving around this matter on “Mumsnet”.

She explained what her son has to go through every other day at school. In her post, she wrote that when the invites for a birthday party are given to the students, the teacher does not hand out one to her son. This is really mean and irresponsible!

This has happened quite a few times. Every child is holding an invitation in their hand at the end of the day, but her son who has autism is empty-handed. The teacher does not consider him “fit” to attend the party and be around other children.

The mother admits that her son can get a little aggressive at times and there have been incidents where he pushed a kid while in a phase of panic. However, she says that he is getting better and learning to adjust to that environment.

The angry mom further wrote that it’s been quite a few months since her son has started reception (the equivalent of pre-k in the United States), but things have not been great. His name is excluded from the stack of invitations which the teacher distributes after the school is over. She also wrote, “He has started to question why he doesn’t get a ‘card’. It all feels so bloody thoughtless and cruel.”

This is definitely infuriating for any parent. No one would want their child to feel ignored and excluded especially at a place they go to learn. That’s what this mother felt!

This “treatment” came to light when the mom was in school the other day. She was waiting at the classroom door for the teacher’s assistant to hand over her kid’s piece of clothing. That’s when she noticed the teacher giving out the invites to every student except her son. It left her heavy-hearted!

She believes that the teacher is someone who needs to inculcate love and equality in her student’s minds. If she is the one discriminating, the children might not be under the right guidance.

The mom wants this to change, but she loses hope at certain moments and wonders if she would have to make peace with this!

The parents who saw her post expressed their views on it. Most of them were agitated by this behavior of the teacher. They never expected a teacher to act this way with the child with autism.

One comment read, “That’s really cruel. I really feel for both you and your dear son. They should be popped into book bags if teachers are giving them out.”

People even commented that the mother will have to live with this as the world might not change very soon. This might sound harsh, but people believe this to be the reality.

After all this discussion, the mom concluded the thread by saying that her son is not aware of all that’s going on and she is the one being affected the most by this. She wrote, “He doesn’t understand that the cards are invitations. I am embarrassed at how much this is upsetting me. I thought it could be due to being pregnant.”

All we can hope is the change to arrive and every child can get an open learning environment. They need to grow and that requires participation in all activities. Give every kid a chance, regardless of the personal struggle they are going through!

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