LOS ANGELES: A mother of an autistic child was told her son would be “thrown in the deep end” with no inclusion supports when he started high school.

He lasted just seven weeks before she enrolled him at another school.

A separate mother said a school inclusion officer made comments she described as “dehumanising” her autistic daughter.

She withdrew her daughter immediately.

These experience are not unique, as new Australian-first studies reveal the trends and reasons autistic children change schools, with lack of support and bullying leading causes.

Brisbane mother Jade Amalos, 41, has two daughters, both have autism and ADHD.

But before her eldest daughter Rose’s* diagnosis, Ms Amalos raised concerns with Rose’s prep teacher at their local private school.

“The teacher told me the problems were all in my head and I was the one who should see a psychologist,” Ms Amalos told this masthead.

Rose continued to struggle with school and attended three separate schools by year 4.

“It got worse and worse to the point where she refused to go to school and was crying every day,” Ms Amalos said.

“She was even threatening to take her own life in year 4.”

Ms Amalos organised a meeting with the school’s inclusion officer, but what she was told shocked her.

“I told her I’m very worried about my daughter and the inclusion officer said ‘most high-functioning autistic girls will never fit into a normal school area, it’s like trying to fit a square peg through a round hole — you should just homeschool her’.