Hi. I’m not a parent to a child with autism but I am a proud sister of a little brother who has a special power.

I have a little brother who’s 9 years old, and was recently found with Autism. We’ve embraced his super power and his ability to be sweet as honey, and smarter than a computer for a 9 year old. He has the mentality of a 5 year old and struggles to fit in at his school.

Please be kind with me as I’m learning and so is my family. This was recently found out and I’m trying to handle it well. Any advice would be appreciated.

Recently it’s been discovered he’s being bullied by his classmates. Girls saying he’s weird. Boys saying he’s a loser. They take his lunch and mess with it and make him eat it. The girls run away from him and he’s just trying to be his joyful and happy self. We’re currently in the process of moving, he told his classmates he was moving and it was almost as if they celebrated he’s leaving. But it hurts him deeply, but he doesn’t show it until he gets home. He says he cries at lunch or cries at recess that no one wants him. He stays near the group of boys because he thinks it’s normal to be picked on, so he lets it happen. He recently told my parents that this kid/bully told him he’d kick my brother out of his friend group because he’s weird. In order to save his “friendship” he paid the bully money, actual money from his piggy bank to save his “friendship.”

I want to speak with the principal. And if nothing is done I’ll take legal action against the parents of this bully. Now, I don’t want to escalate the situation if it’s not necessary. What do I do?