Girl With Autism Is Having A Bad Day At School, So Custodian Gets Down On The Floor To Comfort Her

Sep 20, 2019 by apost team

Having a young child in school can be difficult for both the child and the parents. The days are long, there are kids all around you, and it can be difficult to focus with the seemingly constant noise.

Some children can be easily overwhelmed by all of the activity, especially when they are already suffering from a developmental delay.

According to CBS, Kenlee is a 9-year-old girl who has autism. She was in the lunchroom one day at Passmore Elementary School, located in Alvin, Texas. However, the little girl couldn’t concentrate enough to stay in the room. There were too many things going on at once. The chaos was just too much for the little girl to deal with.

That is because Kenlee often suffers from sensory overload. It happens when she is surrounded by too much stimuli at once. It can cause her to feel overwhelmingly anxious and upset. This was one of those times, so Kenlee decided to take matters into her own hands.

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Normally, Kenlee deals with her sensory issues by simply putting her head down on the cafeteria table. However, that day called for a more serious move. Kenlee made sure that she had her little pink blanket before curling up by herself on the floor. She was hoping that if she ignored all of the chaos around her that it would simply go away.

Hollie is a special education paraprofessional who works at Passmore Elementary. She is also Kenlee’s mother. She shared a wonderful photo of what happened when the school custodian, Esther McCool, spotted the little girl on the floor.

Instead of walking by her, “Miss Esther” decided to stretch out on the floor right beside Kenlee and try to comfort her as she cried in frustration. Hollie was able to get a touching photograph of the moment.

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