Trampolining

Our son attends a trampoline class for an hour every Wednesday night. He loves his trampoline so we started this class through Glasgow Club Sports as we knew he would love it. He has done 3 sessions of 10 week blocks and is almost finished the 4th block.

Someone from the sports club called me this morning. There are 2 weeks left of this block and they asked if daddy could go in to the class to help support the instructors, as our son runs about alot when he isn’t on the trampoline, and they need a bit of help. We chatted a bit about it, and though she didn’t say he couldn’t go to the class, I got the impression that is what she was trying to say.

They know our son has a diagnosis and have been fully aware since the start, we have never had any problems. I phoned my husband to talk about it. Daddy takes him to the class and said the girls in this block aren’t as good as previous instructors. We pay for him to attend the class, it’s a small group of similar age. They should have something for them to do when it’s not their turn. He wasn’t happy.

I was really upset after this call. Is this the start of people telling us he can’t do things?

I had already booked the next block, so I called and cancelled it. Need to think of something else for him to do and maybe try trampolining again in a few years.

His teacher has said we should try drama as he dramatises everything! That is something I will look into once his speech and understanding improves a bit more.