School Doctor

[Rabbit]

Aplogies for not posting more since the summer of last year.

Ive had loads of time out and decided that I was spending far too much time concentrating on ASD....its was all I was eating, sleeping and breathing and TBH it was doing my home life no good at all.

 

Things have been going really well for us since we got J his specail school placement. His self esteem is soaring and he has now learnt to spell out his name :)

 

Ive got a HUGE problem though and need some advice.

 

Way back I had a massive arguement with the school doctor. She had prescribed J the wrong dosage of medication and when I pointed out her mistake she apologised and re wrote the script....only she then wrote the script for completely the wrong drug!!!

 

OK so people can make mistakes but twice on the same day??? I wasnt rude to her but did point out that maybe she should not write prescriptions for controlled drugs unles she had the patients notes infront of her....to which she flipped and we had a really big bust up.

 

DH has had words with her before and I know she doesnt agree with the private DX of Autism that we have.

 

I received a letter last night from school telling me that J is to be seen by the school doctor next Friday for a regular health check.....only its the same school doctor that we have had the bust ups with!!!!!

 

There is no way we want her to see him....the last time she saw him she totally freaked him out by telling him

 

"mummy and daddy think you have problems and that you naughty sometimes because they think you are Autistic....do you know what Autistic means???" ...." I think there is nothing wrong with your son apart from the fact he has you wrapped around his little finger and you pamper to his little whims....he cant possibly be Autistic because all Autistic children walk around licking the surfaces around them" WTF???????? Hence DH having big shouts with her.

 

So legally can I refuse to let her see him???

J is seen by our own GP who fully supports the private DX we have and the SID/diet programme we are following.

 

Any advice would be greatfully received.

 

Thanks.

 

Rabbit

[Hectorshouse]

Yes you can refuse to see this doctor, you have a parental right over this, I'm not sure of the exact legislation but I have been in a similar position. You have your own GP and I assume a peaditrician as well, this is enough and anyone can ask them for their opinion with your permission of course. You can also use these doctors for medical evidence for SEN and not the school doctor.

 

HTH

 

HHxx

[Jill]

....he cant possibly be Autistic because all Autistic children walk around licking the surfaces around them"

 

 

 

W H A T ?!?!?

 

 

I'm in absolute gobsmacked shock.

 

Well, I'm off to tell the educational pshych, clinical psych, SALT, specialist pre-school teachers & paeditracian that the 6 months they spent assessing The Boy last year to reach a dx of autism were all to no avail. He's obviously NOT autistic, as he has never licked anything.

 

What a ###### stupid ignorant pathetic uninformed thing to say I'm so

 

I don't know about not seeing her, this woman ought to be struck off! Don't let him go. Do not keep the appt.

 

This "Dr" should not be allowed near other people never mind in charge of treatments.

[Paula]

Yep you can refuse to let her see him i bloomeing would.

 

 

I once totally refused to let the community peadiatricain see our son because she constantly made stupid blatently ignorant comments about our son.I told her straight to her face that i never wanted her to see our son againe.

 

When we went for one of them assesment thingys she was going to be on the panel i was shaking in me boots but in front of all these so called professionals i said i didnt want her present and requested she leave.And yer know what she did.

 

Parents patients kids we have rights we just dont enforce them often enough for fear of being labelled a trouble causer or some mis guided presumption that a dr is a higher being than us.

 

Its cods wallop.

 

Good luck stick to yer guns and stand firm.Sod them.