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school milk

longman

News this morning is that Michael Gove is reintroducing compulsory school milk in schools, as well as banning chocolates and sweets from sale in schools, and banning cakes and biscuits, except in a restricted form at lunch times, and banning all fried food.

My understanding is school milk used to cause problems for people on the spectrum because of the way it was served up, and the circumstances.

The food restrictions are also bound to cause problems.

I thought I'd raise the question as others may have immediate concerns.

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  • longman said:
    My understanding is school milk used to cause problems for people on the spectrum because of the way it was served up, and the circumstances.

    Asperger syndrome or low functioning ASD?

    Primary schools in my local authority provide milk from nursery to Y2. I can't recall any children and teenagers with AS who have passed through my local support group that had any reactions with milk and they all seem to have drank school milk at some point in time. The milk changed from full fat to semi-skimmed a few years ago with the possibility that it could have caused complications with some children. 

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  • longman said:
    My understanding is school milk used to cause problems for people on the spectrum because of the way it was served up, and the circumstances.

    Asperger syndrome or low functioning ASD?

    Primary schools in my local authority provide milk from nursery to Y2. I can't recall any children and teenagers with AS who have passed through my local support group that had any reactions with milk and they all seem to have drank school milk at some point in time. The milk changed from full fat to semi-skimmed a few years ago with the possibility that it could have caused complications with some children. 

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