tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post3931287320786112305..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: New Brunswick's Extreme Inclusion Fantasy Harms Some Children With Severe Autism ChallengesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-89714619306553405782013-03-13T18:56:33.478-03:002013-03-13T18:56:33.478-03:00I used to believe in inclusion, but not anymore. M...I used to believe in inclusion, but not anymore. My son started high school in September and since, he has become more aggressive. He has been suspend three times and this week, I was told that he will have to remain home until the strategic team (doctor, psychologist, interventionist, teacher, school principal and specialists from the Education Department) meets. My son has severe autism and was doing much better when he was in elementary school.<br />If they really want to include our children, the schools should get the resources to do so. Right now my son is just staying home, like disabled children used to have to, fifty or sixty years ago. What an improvement!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-24598327651974420572013-03-04T07:38:21.161-04:002013-03-04T07:38:21.161-04:00@Roger Kulp: Yes, students can get an individual a...@Roger Kulp: Yes, students can get an individual assistant. It is an irrelevant accommodation, however, if a child cannot tolerate the realities of a regular classroom environment. Secondly, here in Ontario, the EA's are represented by a powerful union that places seniority over qualifications. Therefore, a child requiring support will be given the EA next in line for a job, rather than an EA qualified for the job. My daughter's EA's, when she was in school, had never worked with, nor been trained to handle, children with multiple needs (my daughter is both severely intellectually and physically challenged). The EA's were not allowed to touch g-tubes, furthermore, so, in the end, the fabulous full inclusion model used at the school she was at meant that she was followed around by both a nurse AND an EA. Yep...she didn't stand out at all...Needless to say, she's been homeschooled for years now. Thanks Harold for continuing to pound the point home. But we all know that full inclusion is cheaper...and that's all that really matters to the powers that be.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070297384173508509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-73555166720986834182013-03-03T17:47:06.158-04:002013-03-03T17:47:06.158-04:00I use to be an "inclusion at all cost" f...I use to be an "inclusion at all cost" fan and then we hit Gr 3.<br /><br />There is inclusion, and then there is inclusion. I have a picture on my fridge of my youngest son playing the roll of the big bad wolf, performing with the rest of his class for the JK/SK's at his school before Xmas of 2012. His Teacher sent it home for me.<br /><br />Exclusion??? Not even close. He would never have gotten the chance, never have gotten someone to think he could play that roll since he barely talks, in a regular room.<br /><br />Inclusion in a lot of cases is feel good for those that make policy and in reality mostly "exclusion" for those that have to be included.farmwifetwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680758336779501712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-40544314409380887002013-03-03T14:00:48.692-04:002013-03-03T14:00:48.692-04:00People with extreme developmental delay face the s...People with extreme developmental delay face the same problem (i.e., "extreme inclusion" and the dismantlement of special schools) in Brazil. Furthermore, most public educational and health services are strongly influenced by psychoanalysis. I hope in near future all children in Canada, Brazil or elsewhere will have access to interventions provided according to the best scientific evidence.Arthur Kummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09731368603452993962noreply@blogger.com