Mother sues school after autistic son was forced to wear fluorescent vest

A London woman has sued her son's school after claiming it made her 7-year-old son wear a fluorescent safety vest.

Joanne Logan said Cherry Lane Primary School forced her son Charlie to wear a vest while on the playground last year so that teachers would know that he is autistic, according to the Daily Mirror.

The friction between Logan and the school dates back to February 2018, when Logan said her son first revealed that teachers made him wear the bright yellow bib during breaks.

"Looking back on it, I think the classroom teacher mentioned a bib during the week," Logan told the Daily Mirror last year. "But I didn't really think about it. It didn't really click until Charlie said something."

In a video posted to YouTube by his mother, Charlie can be heard admitting the bib made him feel embarrassed.

"I was made to wear a yellow bib in the playground, and it felt really bad and it felt really wrong," he said.

Logan said Charlie's teachers did not always let him outside during breaks because he had been accused of hurting other children. However, she insists the school handled the situation inappropriately by making him wear the distinctive garment.

Following the incident, she and the school's headmaster agreed that Charlie would no longer have to wear it.

Now, the mother of five children — all of whom are autistic — has taken the school to a disability tribunal. Logan claims the school discriminated against Charlie, who no longer attends Cherry Lane, by singling him out.

"I just want to make sure that no other autistic child needs to be put through what we did and it needs to be challenged— and this case, if it's won, could change that," she said.

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Logan, who cannot seek any damages, said the school misled her when it first mentioned the vest. Cherry Lane is seeking to dismiss the case on the grounds that the claim was filed too late. The Daily Mirror's request for comment from the school was referred to Hillingdon London Borough Council, the school region's authority.

"There is no legal case against Hillingdon Council in relation to this or any disability discrimination," the statement read. "Ms. Logan has chosen to provide Elective Home Education for her son."