well after getting used to getting up at 5.30 am every morning i woke up at the same time
and decided to get up any way as my nieghbour was banging anyway.
its a very safe bet to say it because of me and Daniel having to get ready early every morning for school.
Well he completed every day at his new school so far and now its half term.
Its not all gone smoothly for Daniel as he has showed them his autistic ways.
The head is going to work with us and see where we can help Daniel in the areas he needs support and guideance.
They have another 47 children with autism as well as Daniel and it seems they understand .
Its early Days yet so we will have to wait to see how things go.
The LEA are giving me grief over transport.
Daniel dislikes be to close to other people and wont travel except in my car with just him in the back or
with Nugget his dog.
Anyway there was NO room on the transport to begin with to travel the 330 miles a week to and from school but now there is.
Daniels got into the routine of me taking him and thats that.
If you know how rigid some one is with their routines and thought patterns who has autism then you will
know its completely out the question to change things that will effect them.
Well of course i am entitled to claim costs for taking him my self which is a lot less than they would
pay to take him on their transport.
plus have you seen the way some of these taxi drivers drive.
Im not sitting at home wondering if he got there safe .
Anyway they sent a school wellfare officer out to sort it out.
i just said you either pay or he dont go.
i said you cant just change things to suit your selves when it does.
Well apparently they have to make sure there moneys being spent right.
Bit of a cheek since he has been on time every time and not missed a day since starting.
there worried incase they pay me and he misses a day.
i said in that case you either ask for it back or take it off the next milage claim form.
Anyway its a matter of waiting now.
It's not my fault that solihull wont build a school for the hundreds of autistic pupils they send
over the border to other counties to school.
well it seems there is all ways a battle in this on going war.
But my defenses are in place yet again to stop them treating us like idiots.
This is in no way to do with the school as thats in another county this is to do with my LEA trying to save money again .
They would have us on a tamdem if they could .
It costs more by taxi any way. you tell me what taxi only gets 30p a mile. its £ 3 or more before you sit down.
plus the LEA ruduced the correct milage from 70 miles a day to 64 miles a day. they must think i take a short cut across
the fields and park a mile away from the school because i just love walking across busy roads with my son.
NOT TO MENTION THE WEAR AND TEAR ON MY 10 YEAR OLD CAR.
PLUS my insurance company want more money going to and from school puts up my milage allowance by thousands and thousands of miles a year .
And they want to know if there 30p a mile is going to used right.so they can balance their books.
When MP'S run up thousands of pounds every year in expenses as do council members.
its nothing short than a joke.
It cost me £15 more a week on top of what the skin flints gave me for the last 5 weeks and now they moaning about it.
Has any one else had this problem with their L E A.
Anyway they saved thousands and thousands and thousands of pounds for about 6 years while they left my son to rot in a mainstream school with no help.
Bastards.
Its stinks.
They always find a way of stamping on you. Dont THEY.
They could always get the council to rehouse us near to the school from this place they call a home.
still waiting to here about whats happening about my sons adaptions . there not pulling this place down for 3 years but they wont play ball because of that.
what can i say but stamped on again.
MONEY IS KING of the pack and were treated like JOKERS.
Although i see or hear no laughter.

hope this finds you all well.