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People need to chill out about boys seeing them change. My son is 6 and has ASD. He's in a regular classroom with an IEP, has friends, and generally leads a relatively normal kid life. Our pool does not have a family locker room. He really did not want to use the women's locker room to change and so I allowed him to go into the men's alone -he is capable of removing his own wet suit. He somehow got disoriented and completely freaked out - an older man kindly brought him out to me. We have not gone swimming since.

No, dear, you need to chill out. By all means take him swimming but change him in a family locker room, in the hall w/a towel, at home, etc. once he exceeds the age to go in the opposite sex bathroom, then he and you need to follow the rules.

Do you not understand that not all pools have a family bathroom? She needs to bring him into the women's or ask a male staff member to escort him and assist (though most places have rules about physical touching due to accusations). How is it acceptable for a six year old to change in the hallway or public area? Isn't that creating the same problem problem as going to the women's bathroom.

Is there no hallway or poolside that she chan change him with a towel around him? No towel to throw on with sweats and ride home? She has options. None are to her liking so she'll disregard the rule regardless of others' discomfort

Are you unable to read, or just too lazy?

My guess is that she's stupid in addition to being an uptight prude.

The point is that you will break the rules of life that don't suit you. Whether your kid is 5 now and it is permitted is not the point of these posts. The point is that you will break the rule when your son is 6+. Anyone disagreeing with you gets curse words from you + insults. Go suck some soap, potty mouth. [/quote]

I don't know who you are talking to.  I am the poster with the 6 year old son with autism. We have stopped going to the pool for the time being because he is not able to go into the men's locker room alone.  I am in the process of lobbying the pool to create a family changing room for older kids with special needs.  Nobody is breaking any rules.  [/quote]

Read many of the above posts...they talk about how they will continue to take their boys into the girls locker room when their boys are above the stated ages regardless of the rule.[/quote]

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