Tag: autism
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To Pauline Hanson, From Someone With a Disability
By Alex Linker, Students with Disabilities Officer Special education. We use this term to refer to the specialist education we provide certain children with disability (generally cognitive and/or developmental). But what should it actually involve? Pauline Hanson thinks the education of children with disability should happen behind closed doors, away from the “normal” kids, to […]
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I Can’t Believe It’s 2017 & We’re Still Talking About Autism “Awareness”
By Alex Linker This year marks the tenth celebration of April as Autism Awareness Month. However, with 1 in 68 people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, most of us already know an autistic person. What we need is not for people to be aware that we exist – we have awareness. Rather, it’s time for […]