Interconnections Worldwide

Working internationally to share information, help build knowledge and support teamwork around babies, children and young people who are disabled, marginalised or vulnerable

The home of Team Around the Child (TAC) and the Multiagency Keyworker

planes5elo

Reflections of a Year 11 school leaver with Asperger’s Syndrome: an interpretive account

Pat Bennett

John has an autistic spectrum condition and was admitted to a mainstream school during Year 8 after a number of exclusions from other schools. This essay reports John's memories and opinions of his experiences in that school and identifies factors which helped him cope with his identified problems. John left at the end of Year 11 with some GCSEs and a place in the local FE college.

4643 words

View article as PDF

share your information  Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011