to ask you to PLEASE teach your children about autism

[CrochetBelle]

Apparently 'autistic' is now being used as an insult by teenagers - who really should know better.

Do your children know what autism is? Autism is not 'sitting in a corner rocking'. Autism is not 'Sheldon Cooper'. Autism is a whole spectrum and affects people to varying degrees. It does affect people though. There is no such thing as mild autism.

Schools are continuously waving the 'autism accredited' flag these days, with mandatory training on ASD. Don't get me wrong, that's great progress, but when you ask them what they are teaching the children? Nothing.

There is a whole host of accurate, reliable information out there about autism, and what it means. Please make sure your children are aware. Ignorance is no excuse.

And even when schools try their hardest to be inclusive they get parents complaining it’s not fair that their child gets “less attention” than others do.

Very good point LittleLights

Thanks, @crochetbelle - we've dropped you a line about this, but this is just to say we've taken on board the comments made on this thread - thanks again for highlighting to us.

I’ve been asking that for a while on this thread, no response as yet.