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to ask you to PLEASE teach your children about autism

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CrochetBelle · 02/01/2018 10:34

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.

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SophieLMumsnet · 03/01/2018 10:32

Hi all,

Thanks so much for your input - we do see what you're saying, and you're right, we were too harsh here - many apologies for making the wrong call.

Just to explain our rationale a bit, we don't ban off the back of one thread - there's always a bigger picture behind the scenes, and we do have to follow up sometimes. It's a really tricky line to tread, and we definitely don't always get things right - we are holding our hands up and taking ownership of this one.

We're going to mail you, @CrochetBelle, so please do check your inbox.

If anyone has any problems or wider concerns, just drop us a line at [email protected] or hit the report button and we'll address them.

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SophieLMumsnet · 03/01/2018 16:23

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.

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