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26 Sep 2017, 11:29 pm

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, 11:39 pm

It boils down to the fact that public schools are financially underfunded and unresourced, expected to cope with increasing demands without increases in government funding or staff. So any child who is not mainstream is getting less and less of a share of the cake, as current funding barely meets mainstream needs. It's not just AS kids who are affected.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/ ... d-problems



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27 Sep 2017, 1:26 am

This seems universal. I posted stuff about Australia recently and awhile back a posted a couple of threads about children getting arrested because American schools have a let law enforcement handle it attitude.


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