OUG458
3/16/2025 5:02:31 PM
Hello,
On Thursday at school one of my friends (I'll call him E) called me autistic out of the blue, in an insulting manner. I have not been diagnosed as thus, nor was the conversation topic anything to do with it (it was on the ending of the Arc of A Scythe series by Neal Shusterman). I spoke to my boyfriend, who has autism and was really angry about it, and to my mum, who recommended that I report it to my form tutor. So I did on Friday, not wanting him to recieve any form of punishment, just to be told it was not appropriate behaviour. E has now denied that he did such a thing and reported me for bullying him, and been telling lots of people at school, which is false information, and I'm really hurt by this. He has accused me of telling him to end himself, which I have never done, and has been spreading rumours about me to everybody. I'm
really worried because I'm worried that I will get in trouble, ruining not only my reputation but my perfect record. I still consider E a friend, but I'm so worried and it's ruined my weekend, and I've been in a really dark place since.
Thanks for listening xx
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Hi, throw away comments that are made of this nature should, and must be reported, so please don't feel you have done anything wrong by bringing this up to your school. My tip now is to stand to your morals, be polite and if you know you have never said anything unkind to E then let the school continue their investigation and they will reach the right conclusion. If E does approach you, then be honest and let him know how hurtful his comment was, and how in this instance you could not let it pass.
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