Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi!
New to this so apologies if I'm doing it wrong!
I have a 13 year old daughter who has recently been diagnosed autistic. We are a first language Welsh speaking family but she feels more comfortable speaking in English. At the moment she is in a Welsh language secondary school, and we feel she may be happier in a school that doesn't teach through Welsh. But more importantly a school that will understand her and make her feel safe again. Her current school doesn't seem to understand or accommadate her needs. We live in Cardigan West Wales. Any recommendations for good, kind schools please?
Thank you!
Any contact is helpful mael , just to feel heard and understood is lovely thank you. I'm considering homeschooling but also don't really know where to start on that either!
Thank you SO MUCH for all this information Chloe. So kind of you, been feeling really helpless and clueless as to where to start. I'm so grateful x
Hello Kittles ,
I'm sorry to hear that your daughter's current school doesn't accommodate her needs. You may find the following information useful.
The following page contains a lot of helpful information about education for a child with an autism:
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/education
This includes information regarding getting extra support for your child in their education setting.
You can search for schools that cater for children with an autism spectrum disorder on our Autism Services Directory: https://www.autism.org.uk/directory
You may want to contact our Education Rights Service who provides information, support and advice on educational provision and entitlements. Please see the following link for further information:
https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/help-and-support/education-advice-line
All the best,
Chloe Mod
Hi i am in powys , unfortunately there seems to be very little or no help in wales , the autism provision is really terrible in powys and there is no specialist deaf provision in the whole of wales . We home school . you may be able to find somewhere by looking at the estyn reports of your local schools or maybe swansea way . Sorry i can't be of more help ,but your not alone .