Petition about teachers of autistic children

This petition is now under consideration by the Public Petitions Committee

Hello AutToFindOutMore

Three Scottish charities, including NAS Scotland, have worked together with the Scottish government to improve autism awareness and training within schools and educational settings in Scotland. Please read the articl here: https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/news/commitment-to-improve-support-for-autistic-learner 

Hopefully it will be of interest to you.

Best,

Karin Mod

I don't want to be an a**hole, but a qualification can soon become outdated or be taught in such a way that allows the learners to interpret the content which can have just as a negative effect on autistic individuals than being taught by someone who hasn't a clue about autism or other disorders or disabilities.

these specialist schools popping up all over the UK sound and look like good ideas but they are basically often daycare facilities for children across the autism spectrum including the gifted and talented ones. If they do accommodate the gifted and talented ones they will soon lose government funding to support these children properly and their learning will be stunted or halted by funding restrictions.. 

I also don't want to mention it but the amount of abuse that has came out a decade later revealing that specialist qualified teacher & teaching assistants abusing autistic students in specialist classes and schools is hideous. often the schools staff close rank and support each other to make the autistic student look like trouble. 

Neurodevelopmental disorders and learning disabilities needs to incorporated in depth in the general teaching qualification. Instead of segregating autistic children they adapt mainstream schools to accommodate better.