Aziza

Refusal due to my daughter having mild autism

I am extremely disappointed and saddened by my experience.

My daughter was refused babysitting simply because she has mild autism. As a parent, I find this incredibly upsetting. Autism is not something to be feared or treated as a reason to exclude a child. My daughter is kind, loving, funny, and deserves the same opportunities and respect as any other child.

What upset me the most was the impression that her diagnosis alone was enough to make a decision, without any effort to get to know her as an individual or understand her needs. Every autistic child is different, and making assumptions based solely on a diagnosis only reinforces harmful stereotypes.

As a parent, I am genuinely disgusted and heartbroken that, in this day and age, a child can be turned away because of a disability. I hope this experience encourages greater understanding, compassion, and education about autism so that other families do not have to experience the same hurt.

I cannot recommend a service that made my daughter feel excluded because of who she is.

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by Aziza about farzana (Childminder) on 05/07/2026

Response by farzana on 05/07/2026:

This reviewer has never used my childcare services at all.The statements made in this review do not reflect any genuine experience of our setting and are factually inaccurate.
Our setting is committed to providing an inclusive, welcoming environment where every child is treated with dignity and respect. Any decisions regarding placements are made only after careful consideration of whether we can safely and appropriately meet a child’s individual needs, and the amount of places I have, never on the basis of a diagnosis alone. They made an enquiry at a time when we had no vacancies available, and unfortunately we were unable to offer a place.
As this review appears to be from someone who has not used our services and contains false allegations, we have asked Childcare.co.uk to investigate and remove it.
She has given me 1 star review on everything without using my childcare services at all. This review is completely false. She has also given reviews to other childcare services without using their services.

unreliable.👎🏻

Hayley was booked in to tutor my 6 year old son, after mentioning I had been let down by another tutor. She reassured me that she was reliable and was teaching other children, so I felt happy and relaxed with the plans and stopped searching for a tutor. Hayley didn't bother to show on the first appointment or bother to send a courtesy message to cancel, after waiting some time I decided to message her but was completely ignored. I don't ever write reviews but I felt this was nessary due to her blantant lack of regards to wasting other people's time. I now have to spend yet more time searching for another tutor because people offer services that they can't commit to without appreciating the time my son is loosing out on. It's quite simple really if you can't be bothered to show don't offer your services or better still a polite a message wouldn't go a miss, very selfish of her and I'm bitterly disappointed on the time she has let me waste.

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by Aziza about redacted (Private Tutor) on 06/01/2018