Child with ADHD and Autism thrown off Bus in Essex, England.

[Mr Allen]

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What annoys me about this is that the driver was reprimanded by his Bosses for this after the first time and still did it again the second time.

Blatant discrimination IMO, the Mother has a case to sue the pants off the Bus company IMO.

Blakey would've sorted them out.

 

[the_tortoise]

I don't agree with the bus driver's actions, but I don't understand what the boy's neurodevelopmental conditions have to do with anything, unless the driver knew/suspected he had them (particularly if that motivated his choice to refuse to let him ride the bus).

It would be potentially a lot more difficult for a kid with neurodevelopmental conditions to manage a situation like that (compared to a typically developing child) but if the bus driver didn't know or suspect any such conditions then I think his actions should be judged with that in mind.

If the bus driver knew about the ADHD and autism and didn't care? Yeah, that's pretty bad.

If the bus driver knew about the ADHD and autism and that's the reason why the boy was not allowed to ride the bus? That's outrageous discrimination.

If the bus driver had no idea and thought this boy was just any other kid who could handle the situation fine? I think the bus driver could have handled the situation a lot better -- clearly the boy had a ticket of some kind that was valid for the date/time, if not the route....maybe the bus driver thought this boy was cutting class and up to some kind of trouble? In that case (in any case at all, actually), I think a better option would have been to follow company policy and let the boy on the bus, talk to him and see what his story is --ask him what school he goes to (if he can't even tell you the name of a school on your bus route, that would maybe tell you something), tell him to talk to his parents about the incorrect ticket, and/or for the bus driver to talk to his supervisor to see if someone can sort things out by getting in touch with the school about him or something, given this is happening every day.....at 12, people are still quite vulnerable in the world and most can't sort these things out for themselves even if they are theoretically capable, because they do not have that kind of authority in their own lives -- their parents are responsible for these kinds of things.....I imagine that's the whole point of having a policy of not refusing a bus ride to children.