'Taking away their humanity': School criticised over fenced area for students with autism

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A lockable fenced play area for teenagers with autism at a Hobart high school is akin to Risdon jail's freedom areas, one parent says.

Two of Julian and Kate Andrews' children who have autism attend the high school, but were not in the group of higher needs students using the fenced-off outdoor area.

The Andrews said they were speaking out because their complaints to the school had fallen on deaf ears.Ms Andrews said there was no toilet and no drinking fountains in the area."It's like saying these students are different to you, it's almost like taking away from their humanity.""There has to be other options, you can't just be putting students in a confined area for safety reasons," he said.

A Government spokesman said the Education Department had consulted with parents and medical professionals,"including paediatricians, psychologists and occupational therapists, disability advocates and the students themselves where possibleHe said the fencing was chosen to match the existing fencing of the school, adding that changes to its design would be made.

 

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I don’t think some schools are equipped to deal with the variation in care for children with special needs. I dare say they did this t protect and with good intentions

So if the barrier was an ornate vine-like design in dark green painted, faux cast iron, they would be OK with that? Same style as this image but as a high fence:

They have pool fences to protect children from drowning, nothing to see here.

Autism needs care not fences, shame on this school

Typical leftists. Always crying, but have no solutions offered. Sensory rooms? They won't be the ones offering to pay for it, or just ask the government, just like every other leftist hoping for an increase in Newstart for doing nothing except drugs.

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