FrancescaJTonight on ABC there’s a doco about ‘School Can’t’ I’m not sure if I’ll watch it as my kids are firmly in the 38% of so-called chronically absent kids. We are extremely lucky to attend a supportive school (that we drive 15km each way to attend 🤦♀️). The accompanying article is good though #SchoolRefusal #neurodiversity #autism #Australia
This quote from one of the families featured really hit the nail on the head for me
“Alternative schools like this, they’re not as easily accessible for kids who need them. You have to go through so much trauma, so much anger. The child has to go through so much themselves to even be put in the position to access a school like this,”
“Alternative schools like this, they’re not as easily accessible for kids who need them. You have to go through so much trauma, so much anger. The child has to go through so much themselves to even be put in the position to access a school like this,”