(19 Sep 2015, 4:19 pm)GX03 SVC wrote I've been having thoughts recently."quiet rooms" are so often mis-used. That sounds pretty rubbish, especially in amongst all the other stuff.
I keep thinking about the 'good old days' when I used to go to the MetroCentre and the cinemas on the evening of my birthday. I also remember when I used to have loads of friends at school and how they all were helpful and kind.
Then, I remember the dark days. Being locked in a 'quiet room' for the most of the day at a special school in Blyth and then being beaten up at a school in the Throckley area. Then the frequent fights between my mam and her ex-husband. I didn't know if I was going to survive for as long as I have.
How much things have changed in six years. I really don't know how I've got through all of the hell.
I expended many sleepless nights (and drank many bottles of wine) finding and securing a really good school for big'un. It's an 80 minute journey each way for him, but so worth it. Oddly enough, despite the fact that many of their pupils are quite capable of kicking off big time, they don't seem to need a "quiet room". Funny that, isn't it?
I have friends who have walked out of schools aimed at kids with aspergers when they've seen the "quiet room" and heard the language used to describe its purpose.