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Alternative schooling

B

This thread was inspired by   and this quote:

'School can ruin or taint so many aspects of life'  in this thread:

 HI EVERYONE I am new here 

This set me thinking about what type of education would actually suit autistic people best.

One thing I'd like to avoid is forced education - making people study subjects they dislike or are not good at and especially the exams - from what I see, there is much more pressure on achievement for children nowadays than when I was at school which must be very stressful.

Also, I wonder what would help to alleviate the bullying that certainly was endemic when I was at school - smaller classes maybe.

From my own experience the bullying and trauma of school can have a lifelong detrimental effect. 

Montessori schooling impresses me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education

What do you think?

Any radical changes you would like to see in education - whether private or state?

I am talking about the UK because that's all I have experience of but please talk about your own country too.

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  • hi B, yeah this is a very interesting topic! what you are saying about forced education makes me think about if anyone has had the chance to study their autistic interests or had them incorporated into education. I know when I was in university I loved being able to choose the modules and get specific compared to back in school. 

    & this is definitely a problem with class sizes. all of this shows how meritocracy is most definitely a myth! I mean imagine a neurotypical in a smaller private school, with their own tutors etc compared with an autistic in a crowded and sensory nightmare of a classroom without the right/ maybe no support. 

    trauma of school is hard, I feel for you, I can relate. it's crazy the difference between enjoying to learn vs all the environment and things associated with most schools for autistics. especially when so many of us love learning deeply!!

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  • hi B, yeah this is a very interesting topic! what you are saying about forced education makes me think about if anyone has had the chance to study their autistic interests or had them incorporated into education. I know when I was in university I loved being able to choose the modules and get specific compared to back in school. 

    & this is definitely a problem with class sizes. all of this shows how meritocracy is most definitely a myth! I mean imagine a neurotypical in a smaller private school, with their own tutors etc compared with an autistic in a crowded and sensory nightmare of a classroom without the right/ maybe no support. 

    trauma of school is hard, I feel for you, I can relate. it's crazy the difference between enjoying to learn vs all the environment and things associated with most schools for autistics. especially when so many of us love learning deeply!!

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