Early this afternoon, I answered a knock on the door to find a Social Worker from DHHS and a Police Detective wanting some questions answered!!! I was totally lost. Apparently, my seven year old Autistic son drew a picture of a figure (he said it was him) and a second figure (at different times he stated it was a girl in his class or his teacher) in a compromising position. When asked what they were doing, he told the police detective that they were "shaking together". He has never exhibited any sexualized behaviors (i.e. touching himself or saying inappropriate things). He then, in his own little broken-communicative way, informed us that he started touching himself to "make it grow" since school started on Monday. OMG I didn't even know my little boy knew about these things! The Social Worker and Police Detective grilled me for nearly an hour, making me feel like a criminal for not being aware that my son had finally figured out what made his body tick. I felt so humiliated and belittled that the school didn't even stop to consider that while he is physically a seven year old, he is developmentally a three year old so he doesn't always say or do the "socially appropriate" thing. Shouldn't his school counselor (who called the cops in the first place) know that special needs children don't always express things in a manner that is considered socially savvy. My son is SO traumatized, he spent the rest of the day crying and rocking in the corner calling himself a "bad boy" (apparently that is what his teacher called him when he drew the picture) and is inconsolable! Has anyone ever had ANYTHING like this happen to them? What do I do? How do I hold the school accountable for traumatizing my child while still knowing he has to continue attending this place with these people he was supposed to trust to protect him, not hurt him! And, perhaps most confusing of all.......how do I talk to an Autistic seven year old about the birds and the bees??