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The Autism Revolution: Education for All · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So what is meant by, you know, education for all and what is
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  that term really about when you're thinking about autism and
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  the revolution we've had with autism and education?
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  Let's have a discussion guys. Welcome back to the aspy world.
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  My name is Dan and I have autism and ADHD and I make weekly
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  videos all about this. So if you want to come along
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  with Jenny will meet up, empower, educate and really get
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  autistic individuals up to the highest levels of their possible
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  social media platforms For more information on autism that I do
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  daily. OK, so you know, let's go back
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  in time a little bit. When I was in high school or
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  when I was in primary school or preschool for all of you guys,
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  there was not much in terms of autism support.
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  This meant that me and any other autistic individual were left
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  out of most of the curriculum, which means there was nothing
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  there to accommodate it. There was a massive chunks of my
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  education that were just missing because there was nobody there
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  who knew how to deal with me. They didn't know a learning
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  type. This is happening daily.
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  I know, for instance, I was part of a an ALN reform for schools
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  here in the UK and I I published a a video on on Instagram asking
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  people to sign a petition to get the government to actually act
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  on this. And we're still having issues to
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  this day on it. And it's 2023.
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  But when you think about, you know, the 1980s, the 1990s, when
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  I was really little in school, those things were kind of common
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  practice where they didn't really know what to do with you.
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  So the young parents were a category of being, you know, the
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  the unit kids. And then we'd sit and just do
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  nothing, really. And that was really important
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  for me, an important time for everybody to kind of really get
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  to grips with a lot of skills and early intervention.
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  This is why a lot of the time we look at autism diagnosis and
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  say, hey, autism diagnosis should be implemented early as
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  possible because then we can have intervention early and help
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  them achieve the best success as possible.
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  OK guys, back to the video. But when you think about it on
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  the big you had people coming out of school, out schooling,
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  with no support and no help for special educational needs.
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  Now all that is changing. Over the past 15 years we've
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  seen a massive increase in the amount of funding that's going
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  to be available in Wales, England and across the world.
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  Really for autism and education, because the stats are quite
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  high. You have one in 100 people in
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  the UK diagnosed with autism. We have one in 33 in the United
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  States diagnosed with autism. So there's a lot of children
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  going through a system that really needs to protect and
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  serve for these kids. Now there is an an educational
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  revolution going on here or the autism revolution where the
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  education system is taking it seriously.
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  They are training their staff appropriately and they are able
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  to have staff who can accommodate autistic individuals
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  in mainstream schools. Because up until I'd say about
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  10 years ago, most Israel, all children with additional needs
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  would have to go to an additional need school because
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  that's where the specialists and the people who are trained in
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  that would have resided. But unfortunately when you have
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  a growing population and a a a stagnant number of schools for
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  special educational needs, then you have to branch out into your
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  typical schools and your mainstream kind of education and
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  seeing how can we educate the staff in these areas.
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  Now it has been a long, you know, hog, but they're actually
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  getting there and it's becoming so much more understood now in
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  schools and it's all the work all the advocates are doing and
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  all the people who are taking legal action through the
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  government to make sure that this training is is importantly
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  implemented. I think it's absolutely
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  fantastic. Now there's so many things that
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  you can do. Now I would definitely check out
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  your local educational board and see what facilities they have
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  for autism. And if they have very little,
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  you could always suggest them or get you grouped together and
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  suggest them because this is vitally important, especially if
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  your child or you are going to attend a school or a governing
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  body that is kind of lacking in the areas of support for
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  autistic individuals. There is funding available from
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  pretty much all governments, so make sure you attach a letter to
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  that and try and find the funding source to reference when
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  you're doing that. Now guys, if you have to add
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  this video, pop it a comment down below.
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  I love reading. Every single comment gives video
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  thumbs up and share it if you think this is valuable for
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  somebody. I'll see you in the next video.
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  Guys, peace.