Autistic Auckland boy left in the cold after multiple exclusions
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A 10-year-old Auckland boy with autism is stuck at home after being excluded from three schools in the past five years.
Advocates say he's just one of hundreds of students living with autism being let down by the education system.
"People were telling me to do two things at once and basically I only like to do one thing," he told Newshub
Sensory overload can lead to frustration and he can be difficult to control.
The Ministry of Education says Ethan is receiving intensive help with a full-time teacher aide, a specialist teacher and three psychologists, and say they've been working with him since he was a toddler.
The Ministry also says it spent $600 million on learning support for children with special needs over the past year.
Autism NZ is calling for the Ministry to collect data on the number of students who have autism so schools are properly resourced and there are fewer exclusions
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26 Sep 2017, 11:29 pm
