The mum of an autistic teen says she has been struggling to get her son to school as he refuses to travel with his allocated taxi driver due to concerns over his behaviour.
Amanda Sherriff claims that the driver who has been taking her son to school since September 2021 has been vaping in his vehicle whilst transporting special needs pupils to school. She added that when her son does travel in the taxi he often returns home and reports that the driver has been "nasty" to him.
Amanda, from Whitley Bay, said: "I couldn't get him to school on Tuesday because he refused to get in the taxi and I had to drive him there [yesterday], which is a 12-mile round trip and I have to go back to pick him up. I physically can't be doing that every day because I've got two other children and I work.
