School can be cruel for kids with autism

July 2006

Children with autism are being let down by a lack of resources, according to a new report*.

The National Autistic Society (NAS) published the report as it launched a campaign to close the gap "between what families of children with autism want and what they actually get".

The Make School Make Sense Campaign, delivered as a petition to Downing Street by NAS president Jane Asher and two students with autism - Shomari Nassor (left) and Jonathan Senga (right) - highlights how 50 per cent of children with autism are not in the kind of school their parents believe would best support them.

It also shows that 40 per cent of children with autism are bullied at school and despite one in 110 children having the impairment, there is no requirement for teachers to undertake any training in autism.

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