[Cowboy Bob]

Yeah, but what about the classmates that stood him up? I bet they and their parents feel like Shiite...

[afraidfortherepublic]

I have 2 grandsons who are on the autism spectrum. This just breaks my heart, but I am happy for those who responded.

This child needs a new class.

[mmichaels1970]

I have a daughter on the autistic spectrum. One year she had about six kids over for a birthday sleepover (12th birthday or so). At about 10:00pm, all of the kids except for one decided to leave and sleep over at another one of the kid's houses. Not like it was boring here, as we had a projector hooked up, plenty of snacks, music, etc.

The kids were all downstairs, my wife and I were watching TV upstairs, and suddenly out the door they all went.

So heartbreaking. My daughter just cried her eyes out for a hour or so up in her room. I felt sorry for the poor kid who stuck with her. The kid said herself that it was a crappy thing to do and that she would never do that to someone.

I think this has affected her to this day (She's turning 18). Never had any more than one or two girlfriends since.....lots of boyfriends though, lol.

[redreno]

Waste of tax payer resources.

[Excellence]

I’m willing to bet the parents told their kids you’re not going.

[stellaluna]

How did the mother send out the invitations? Are the other kids autistic as well or are they normal? Does the mother have good relations with the other mothers? If she sent out e-mail or printed invitations when did she send them out? My mother had a hard and fast rule that unless it was an emergency my social activities had to be cleared with her at least a week before the event date. Perhaps the other mothers had things to do that day. Does anybody like the poor kid? If he’s hell to go to school with I can see the other mothers not wanting to force their kids to spend their free time with him. Have any of the other mothers ever invited the little boy to their homes for birthday parties? We only have one side of the story.