K.J. ElphinstoneI've got a lot of friends and colleagues who are struggling with their children 'school refusing'.
I say, I don't call it 'refusing' and when they look puzzled I say, 'I call it voting with their feet'
Stray Autistic Cat@KatyElphinstone What is school refusing exactly? When I was a kid, that's what I did, and how I felt about school. I found the school atmosphere oppressive and scary, and didn't want to be there.
@obrerx It's when children stop going to school and their parents can't make them.
I think it was less common in the past because methods like dragging your children to school by the hair were considered more acceptable then.
@KatyElphinstone Well, I'm old enough to remember how that was, but I defied it anyway. I'd somehow actually make myself sick with actual sore throats and all the signs and symptoms. I had a terrible attendance record.
Stimpunks Foundation@KatyElphinstone @obrerx “school-induced anxiety” is a reframing of school refusal. We have more on this page:
Education Access: We’ve Turned Classrooms Into a Hell for Neurodivergence
We have autistic children who need us to support them as architects of their own liberation against the schools and clinicians and institutions and police and prosecutors who would crush and destroy them. AUTISTIC HOYA: THE NEURODIVERSITY MOVEMENTS NEEDS ITS SHOES OFF, AND FISTS UP. The picture shows a school classroom as I see it, […]