We had a great time meeting parents at the Act for Autism Conference on Saturday. We asked parent carers what they wanted people to know about their autistic children and have gathered this in this graphic which we have shared with the commissioners.
Agree fully with the output. My experience with mainstream school was all about lack of attendance not what was happening emotionally to my (now diagnosed) autistic daughter. Was told anxiety wasn’t a reason not to come to school. Sometimes the educators need educating too, and don’t always know best.