Ty is sort of "mid-range," and attends Gen Ed classes even though he doesn't speak much. We haven't had any issues (yet), but we did make a point to meet his Gen Ed teachers and stress that his stims aren't meant to be disruptive or negative in any way. I would pull your child's teacher aside and make sure they know your child's expression may not always match what they're thinking. If your child continues to have problems, see if you can switch to another classroom.

My child is considered to be very high functioning,with no behavior problems. I would be in sensed if her teacher were to punish her for facial expressions. It says right in her speech evaluation she is unaware of the effects of her facial expressions on others. Your school district should have an autism specialist. At least in OR it was explained to me that one of her primary functions was to interact with teacher and help them to be prepared to work with autistic children. (She also explained that this made the classroom better for everyone because a lot of what she taught were best practices)

Hope all goes well.

Thank you for your responses. I have spoken to the district autism specialist and she said that the teacher was wrong. We need to call an IEP.... Here we go....