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South Australian progress

I wish they had this 65 years ago when I was in school. I also wish they had teachers who could recognize autism back then. Maybe I could also wish to wake up one morning to discover unicorns grazing in my back yard.

Over here, I suspect the unicorns will come first.
 
Awsome! What will the improvements involve? Sensory friendly, so they will get rid of the flickering lamps and loud bells? Sounds like a good idea.
 
vergil96 said:
Awsome! What will the improvements involve? Sensory friendly, so they will get rid of the flickering lamps and loud bells?
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The ultimate improvement is one they made a couple of years ago, what they labeled Autism Inclusion Teachers.

Those teachers don't teach kids, they don't have much interaction with the kids at all. What they do is teach the school staff how to deal with issues surrounding some of their students. These special teachers are all autistic themselves, and there's one in every public school permanently as a full time counsellor for the staff.
 
It's good that they consult people who are actually autistic. Things like ABA and generally how autism is handled in medicine and psychology leaves a lot to be desired. The loophole is bahviourism and addressing "deficits" instead of actual causes of the problems. Actual experiences of autistic people can clarify that a lot.
 
It came from the voices of autistic people, our government ran public seminars for several years asking autistic people to speak up, and many of us did. In fact some of us are impossible to shut up once we get started. :)

"Stop trying to fix children that aren't broken! Try fixing the teachers instead."
 
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