If the government wants autistic children to attend school then they need to do a lot more to make schools autistic friendly places and provide adequate support.
So many of the children who are deemed 'school refusers' will be in burnout precisely because of their experiences at school. Forcing them to attend is going to make the situation worse not better.
Despite all the years of supposed progress in identifying and understanding autism, schools appear to still be as hellish an environment as when I attended many years ago. If Covid has taught us one thing it's that technology can be used to deliver education in a different way. Now could be an opportunity to purposefully change things, rather than just seeking to go back to how things were pre Covid.
This recent post by articulates well how education away from the school environment can be much more effective for an autistic young person.
If the government wants autistic children to attend school then they need to do a lot more to make schools autistic friendly places and provide adequate support.
So many of the children who are deemed 'school refusers' will be in burnout precisely because of their experiences at school. Forcing them to attend is going to make the situation worse not better.
Despite all the years of supposed progress in identifying and understanding autism, schools appear to still be as hellish an environment as when I attended many years ago. If Covid has taught us one thing it's that technology can be used to deliver education in a different way. Now could be an opportunity to purposefully change things, rather than just seeking to go back to how things were pre Covid.
This recent post by articulates well how education away from the school environment can be much more effective for an autistic young person.
