'Disgusting' reason boy, 6, was forced to wear yellow vest at school
A distraught mother says her little boy is being made to wear a high-vis vest at school because he's autistic.
London mother Joanne Logan, 42, has five children - four of them are boys diagnosed with autism while her 20-year-old daughter has dyspraxia and is also waiting for an autism assessment.
Ms Logan told Yahoo7 that her six-year-old son, Charlie, was diagnosed with autism last year and has been "having problems for a while now".
She said it was only recently her little boy came home from school and told her he was being forced to wear a high-vis vest.
"He said he was the only one wearing it," she said.
"I was so upset. He was singled out. I told him he must never wear the bib again. I can't understand what the reasoning for the bib was anyway. it's not going to stop any behaviour.
"None of the teachers thought that wearing the bib was wrong. I'm so upset about the whole thing. I want him to blend into school without having problems."
The concerned mother said she's contacted the school with suggestions on how to work with Charlie's autism including adding "behaviour charts and rewards", but they haven't taken her proposals on board.
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She added the six-year-old is kept inside at lunch to play in "The Butterfly Room" and claims he's allowed to choose one friend to stay inside with him.
"I'm not really happy about that because he needs to be out in the playground with other children socialising," Ms Logan said.
She said Charlie was also accused of pushing over a little girl before kicking and punching her about a week ago.
"I requested all the incident reports but they didn't have any so I asked to view the CCTV. You couldn't see him kicking or punching the little girl only jumping over her," she said.
The mum said Charlie was yelled at and forced to apologise for something he didn't do.
A school spokesman confirmed with news site Get West London that Charlie was given a high-vis vest but that parents are "always consulted" prior to them being given out. The spokesman added the vests are to make sure "vulnerable children" are "constantly supported".
Ms Logan recently spoke with the school's principal about Charlie's situation and he will no longer wear the vest.
