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**Maggy** · 10-03-2009, 17:34

Inclusion is a good thing sometimes.Like the Downs syndrome child we had in school.I don't think he got as much out of the process as he had to leave in year 10 but I know that those who did gain from the experience were his classmates who learned to respect others who were different and perhaps needed other considerations in the classroom.

They have gone out into the wider world and hopefully will have the patience to deal with others whom are physically or mentally challenged..and be better people for it.

However inclusion WILL not work for all and to place a vulnerable autistic child in a place where there are no properly qualified staff with even the smallest glimmering of understanding is a supreme failure on everyone's part who decides that in such a case.

I think the parents should be suing the local authorities as well for not providing enough services for autistic children.

After all there are very few schools for them and this one is about to close.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...cs/7930346.stm

Even Parliament failed to give full support to an autism bill last month watering down what was originally proposed.

So yes this woman did a terrible thing BUT she was hardly given the training or the full support to be able to deal with the child..and I'd like to remind people that LSAs get very little respect,support or pay for what they do do.Some of them are excellent and help a good many children to raise and keep up their literacy and numeracy skills and provide support for harassed teaching staff having to deal with severe behavioural problems.

There are degrees of autism and some can function fairly well provided they are in a caring environment and with staff who have been trained.

I'm wondering just how much support was promised by the school to her parents and how much it amounted to in reality.

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Maggy The Invisible Woman Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton. Age: 73 Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo Posts: 40,366	Re: teacher shut autistic girl a tiny room Inclusion is a good thing sometimes.Like the Downs syndrome child we had in school.I don't think he got as much out of the process as he had to leave in year 10 but I know that those who did gain from the experience were his classmates who learned to respect others who were different and perhaps needed other considerations in the classroom. They have gone out into the wider world and hopefully will have the patience to deal with others whom are physically or mentally challenged..and be better people for it. However inclusion WILL not work for all and to place a vulnerable autistic child in a place where there are no properly qualified staff with even the smallest glimmering of understanding is a supreme failure on everyone's part who decides that in such a case. I think the parents should be suing the local authorities as well for not providing enough services for autistic children. After all there are very few schools for them and this one is about to close. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...cs/7930346.stm Even Parliament failed to give full support to an autism bill last month watering down what was originally proposed. So yes this woman did a terrible thing BUT she was hardly given the training or the full support to be able to deal with the child..and I'd like to remind people that LSAs get very little respect,support or pay for what they do do.Some of them are excellent and help a good many children to raise and keep up their literacy and numeracy skills and provide support for harassed teaching staff having to deal with severe behavioural problems. There are degrees of autism and some can function fairly well provided they are in a caring environment and with staff who have been trained. I'm wondering just how much support was promised by the school to her parents and how much it amounted to in reality. __________________ Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..