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New blog - being well autistic

nicf

Hi; 

I'm a teacher in a special school, I have a class of young people with autism and severe learning difficulties. This year I was awarded a scholarship whcih paid for me to have a significant length of time out of class researching mental health and emotional well-being amongst people with autism. 

I want to share what I have done with others so have set up a blog aimed at helping teachers who share my concern for the level of stress and anxiety experienced by pupils with autism in school. 

Please do let me know if you find it helpful or have suggestions to improve it or if you can think of any other ways of disseminating information to teachers who may find it useful. 

You can read it at [Removed by moderator]

Thanks 

  • Fascinating reading.  And makes me feel nostalgic.

    I was in a special school for a year when I was nine years old.  The schools you describe here sound similar, but better structured with actual teaching.

    The school I attended was in the grounds of a major hospital with around 20 to 30 pupils and 6 to 8 staff.  The best thing about it was the feeling of safety and no physical violence of any kind.

    There were however problems, that may apply also to your schools.

    1.  Academic content was ZERO.  When I returned to a mainstream school, I was further behind than before.

    2.  On one day, a couple of boys from the main hospital joined the school.  They spent the whole day complaing that they didn't want to be here surrounded by these F@#£&+£# weirdos!   So be careful who attends the school.

    3.  The school was a place of safety and a couple of months after a few left.  Two boys came back and were told to leave because they were now too old (16).  They left in tears.   So if the school is too good, former pupils find the outside world too difficult and they want to return.