My daughter was seen in the paediatric orthopaedic surgery clinic. As I parent I am extremely hurt and disappointed about how my daughter was treated. she has autism and multiple learning difficulties. The doctor made multiple comments about my daughter being extremely loud (my daughter actually doesn’t use words she’s classed as non-verbal she is loud with gibberish sounds when stimming), doctor wouldn’t listen to me and winced every time my daughter made a loud sound, giving my daughter dirty looks for being excited over an electric fan.
I tried to explain my concerns but the doctor was very dismissive and telling me to wait to see a paediatrician for my daughter’s autism and tell them instead. I brought evidence of other professionals and their concerns and the doctor refused to look at the evidence. When I explained my child can’t walk outside they retorted to me oh well she is walking in here no problem, when that’s not what I said, outside is her issue not inside.
The doctor explained what they thought the issue was with my daughter however because of her learning difficulties the doctor refused to give us any advice or exercises because they said, their words, that my daughter is non-compliant.
This is the second time the nhs has dismissed my daughter because of her disability and this is not good enough. I had to remove my daughter from the room so I could talk to the doctor and the doctor was very relieved about my daughter being removed. I will be seeking other professional help and I encourage the children hospital to train staff on dealing with learning difficulties and disabilities so no other child faces the utter disrespect my daughter faced
"They made multiple comments about my daughter being loud"
About: Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick children / Trauma & Orthopaedics Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick children Trauma & Orthopaedics BT12 6BA
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