u/PlatformTechnical220

We’ve got a special needs 2 year old, he has major social issues and his therapists have said they haven’t seen the kind of issues socially we’re expressing to them. They asked if we could have him around a child for them to see how the interaction goes at our house. My wife asked her best friend if she would bring her daughter, who he’s most commonly around over. The friends response was basically no, as well as I don’t want them to be around each other anymore so that she doesn’t have to play carefully and can always be herself and not adjust her behavior for other people. The only thing he does around other kids is completely shut down as if a power button has been pressed. He sits still and does nothing and will cry if physically touched by another kid or if a kid cries that’s it. In my mind friendship needs to be over.