An autistic five-year-old was “discriminated against” when he was expelled from school, his dad claims. Bodhi Draper’s parents got a letter to say he had been permanently expelled because his behaviour “places him at risk of serious harm”, four days after he climbed a 5ft fence in May this year.
Bodhi was diagnosed with autism aged two and was nonverbal until December 2022. Before climbing the fence, Bodhi ran over a teacher’s foot with a wheelchair causing “serious injury”, his dad says.
In another incident, in which Bodhi allegedly ran into a teacher injuring his groin, the school thought it necessary to summon dad, Carl, and his partner, Charlotte, into the Head’s office.
