Autism - Are The Schools Prepared For The Epidemic?
The number of Autistic children are growing. Currently there is 1 in 150 children this year who will be diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum. What is being done to prepare for this onslaught of Autistic children who will be entering the school system? The Autism Spectrum encompasses a large scale. There are literally thousands of Autistic children with varying degrees of Autism joining the school system yearly. Some of the schools would never have seen a child with Autism and are ill prepared to deal with it. Each Autistic child is an individual and the Individualized Education Plan cannot be mass produced and needs to be geared solely towards the needs of that child. No two Autistic children are the same so you can't have a one size fits all IEP. In the new age no child left behind school regime, what is being done to prepare the teachers for the new evolution of students that they are going to be teaching? Children with Autism come with multiple challenges tha...