I’m researching autistic girls’ experiences at the moment and finding that their particular experiences tend to be under-researched. There is research on autistic YP but not specifically for girls…

Sadly, history shows that many humans (in this case, children) must suffer before we, as a society, learn our lessons… Let’s hope we can learn quicker this time.

Detentions do nothing good. They do plenty of harm, though.

In my opinion, it infringes personal freedom by attempting to modify behaviour, so that it conforms to someone else’s norm. So, no, it is not ethical.

It did the job: she is now a TEP!

My friend did it at Brunel University London, online course.

Is this report disseminated to the DfE? Not that things would then necessarily change, but it would be a start…

In Greece we say that, when that happens, “you are drenched with good luck”!

It is so true… Thank you for sharing. I have a daughter with disabilities and yet I hadn’t thought of that aspect of life for people with disabilities (possibly because my daughter gets anxious around people she doesn’t know).