A disabled child being verbally abused by an employee

Spirit_2

stefano wrote: »

The complication is that I work for the same company, and I just want to get hold of this person and scare the hell out of him, whilst tearing into him and giving him a very big piece of my mind. I would assume I would see him shrink.

You need to report it through your normal company complaint procedures. There will be specific requirements around safeguarding children from abuse, including verbal abuse.

Do not take any action that compromises your employment, stay well away from your colleague.

As many other have said legal stuff is not needed. Just make a clear complaint setting out your son's account about what happened.

sax11

Why should you be seeking an apology

is everyone lookig for someone to blame in every walk of life nowadays

ignore it and move on

fivetide

sax11 wrote: »

Why should you be seeking an apology

is everyone lookig for someone to blame in every walk of life nowadays

ignore it and move on

Bit harsh.

OP hasn't given the context though or details of why the comment was made so tricky to speculate. I assume that as they want to rip this guy a new one they weren't there so we are only getting one side of the story and that secondhand.

In a service role though, the OP is within their rights to ensure that people behave as they should and show a bit of understanding if that is what was needed.

sax11

This bit 'Does anyone know of any clauses on the Disability Act, that I can use to pursue the matter?'

Is why i queried the blame part - what form of compensation are they seeking? An apology, a payout, a media campaign on how public service workers treat 'wierd' children

Most kids are diagnosed with something nowadays anyway - used to just be known as little !!!!!! when i was younger.

Mountain / molehill

System

These days a weird kid is a child that they haven't yet managed to pin any sort of diagnosis on

sax11

Tweeps wrote: »

That is just an example of how much Britain is deteriorating. The days are gone where everyone used to be polite.

Some people do instill politeness in their children, just that it's now few and far bwtween

Indie_Kid

sax11 wrote: »

This bit 'Does anyone know of any clauses on the Disability Act, that I can use to pursue the matter?'

Is why i queried the blame part - what form of compensation are they seeking? An apology, a payout, a media campaign on how public service workers treat 'wierd' children

Most kids are diagnosed with something nowadays anyway - used to just be known as little !!!!!! when i was younger.

Mountain / molehill

How rude and judgmental of you.

sax11

Indie_Kid wrote: »

How rude and judgmental of you.

I prefer the term 'to the point'

Or isn't that allowed into todays world of fluffy words and sugar coated comments , just incase someone is offended.

Without the OP going into detail there can't be any judgement either

marleyboy

stefano wrote: »

My son, who has autism, has been called a "weirdo" by a public service employee on a public service, and I feel it is a gross injustice, apart from the fact that my son is a child and the person name calling him in public is an adult.
Does anyone know of any clauses on the Disability Act, that I can use to pursue the matter?

Speaking as a parent of a severely autistic Son myself, the only clause I can think of involves a clenched fist and some missing teeth.

stefano

Only thing I was going to do, is talk to the guy, and demand an apology, in writing, directly to my son.
The context of this point is, my son is autistic, and he loves riding on the buses. This bus driver obviously does not understand that, and has called him a weirdo, which my son was extremely incensed by.
But I can see that in this post, some people are understanding, while some are just as ignorant as the person who showed no compassion towards my boy