why are people not educated and made aware of disabilities such as ASD (autism spectrum disorder)?

Question

personally i think educating all children about most common disibilities, would benefit us all. Children would understand why 'Jimmy next door acts a little odd', and would grasp a better understanding of life as a whole. This would possible even assist with other forms of learning children undergo throughout their school life.

This is my opinion, as far as i am aware, it doesn't happen. But please tell me if you think it should, or if you know a reason why it isn't.

Thank you, as always your answers are reatly appreciated.

Answer 1

So many children with these conditions are successfully integrated into mainstream schools these days that I think the majority of children who are in contact with them understand and accept their differences quite naturally. Certainly, in the school where I work the other children are very supportive of children with aspergers, autism, adhd and other emotional and behavioural issues and understand the problems encountered.

Unfortunately, there are so many things in the world that children would benefit from learning about but there just isn't the time or expertise to cover them all. So when children encounter these things that is the time to make sure they learn what it means and how the matter can best be dealt with.

Answer 2

Well me wee brother has autism and my sister has aspergers and i think there is a real lack of understanding of the condition. If they was to educate children about disabllities like they do about sex but this is so much more really important. But i think schools are so niave it wouldnt happen. They are to scared to spend money on this non educational but education is about more than the 3 r's'. Id love to chat with you more, can you email me and ill chat.

Answer 3

It would be impossible to teach children all disabilities, so how would you choose?
In schools where a specific disability occurs, education of an appropriate level is given after liaison with the parents.

Answer 4

People don't really care about a disability until they have first hand dealings with it.

I don't think its necessary to teach kids about every disability out there, but it is appropriate to let them know that Jimmy is a little bit different, and it's not okay to be mean to him because of it.

Answer 5

Oh, come on! It's hard enough teaching children how to spell their own name, these days!

Answer 6

Excellent idea. It ought to be included in PSE but I don't think it is.

Answer 7

I have asperges syndrome and I have am starting at Cardinal Newman College tomorrow and I am taking a BTEC National in Travel and Tourism and mathematics G.C.S.E. To all you people who think that asperges syndrome is a thick condition and that you can't do well in life, that is a load of rubbish. I have achieved 5 C's at G.C.S.E and okay an E in Mathematics, but it is a pass.
Asperges syndrome isn't a thick condition, but it is an organisational disorder. My mum is still got a poster up on my door, telling me the step by step procedures of how to get ready in the morning. I still spout out a load of facts, about Leisure and Tourism which is my favourite subject to all my peers, when they rather I didn't.
I still find studying is more easier than socialising and I find it very hard to read between the lines, understand facial expressions and understand social communication. I still always insist on having my own way when I want something and I go into a temper tantrum if I can't have my own way and I stil throw temper tantrums or cry when people upset me.
Instead, of crying to myself over the fact that I will never be able to understand the social world though, I often tell people that I have AS and they seem to understand my condition and they are more gentle with me.
To Tom Duxburry, Joe Holden, Sami Thurlow, Kirsty Bamber, Micheal Morriarty, Andrea Edgidi, Holly Stracker and the rest of the members I was horrible to in 11B3 at St Cecilia's R.c High Longridge. I am truly sorry for the way I behaved at St Cecilias. I was selfcentred, horrible, nasty, unsociablle girl and I am sorry.
To these members incase I ever see you again. I have asperges syndrome, which is a neutrological disorder in social skills. This means the social side of my brain is underdeveloped, where as the academic side of my brain obviously is alright. I suffer from understanding the following and certain aspects of social skills which are:
* Understanding Facial Expressions.
* Understanding social speech. For example, what does spastic mean?
* Understanding appropriate rules of behaviour. For example, I am often spurting out lots of Leisure and Tourism facts to my Grandad and I am often spurting out what this percentage means and how a fraction can be converted into a percentage. For example 20% of 60 is £48.00 and 20% of 40 - £32.00 e.t.c and one quarter - 15% and one half of a pie - 25% and 3 quaters of a pie - 75% and a full pie - 100% and 1/5 is the same as 20 out of one hundred and 3 quaters of a pie means that 3 out of four is shaded and 2/3 of a pie means that 2 pieces out of 3 is shaded and if 4/8 of a peice of cake is taken away it means that 4 peices of cake has been taken away from the 8 peices of cake, but if 3/8 and 2/8 of peices of cake that are taken away - 8/8 - 4/8 -3/8 - 1/8 is taken away .e.t.c

* I insist upon having my own way all the time. For example, Tom will remember this. Onice I wanted a sheet of paper with Toms database information on, but it was rightfully his one peice of paper. So, as it was rightfully his one peice of paper he said "NO" and by jove if he had known what would be coming next he wouldn't have said that. As a result of him stubbornly and strictly saying "NO" to me, I threw a massive screaming temper tantrum. I now wish I'd have told him that because I have asperges syndrome, I often have to have my own way. Otherwise, I would go into a massive horrendous temper tantrum.
* I often storm off and go round kicking other peoples hedges, if a social situation doesn't go my way. Also, I am very sensitive and i often take what people say to me to heart. Someone onice said in class that I was thick, because I had been put back a year and I stormed out of the class room in a wailing state. I really believed I was thick, which I 100% should not have done because I am most certainly not.
* I have to have a set regid routine in the morning on the list of things I need to do to get myself ready for school on time. There is tantrums and tears from both me and my mum if I can't get myself ready, because I can't get ready for school if I don't follow a rigid routine.
* I have find it very hard to remember my basic manners, which are please and thankyou.
* I often interupt people requlary, because when a conversation starts and finishes.
* I lack good communication skills. So, instead of telling people I am really particulary frustrated with them when things don't go my way, I lash out or kick other peoples hedges and throw cds all over their driveway.. Mainly, because I am scared of telling people my feelings and I don't know how to explain my feelings.
* Also, I stare a people a lot, because I like trying to figure out what there thinking. This can sometimes upset my piers, friends, relatives. For all those I upset at St Cecilia's R.c Technology College for upseting them I am sorry. e.g Particulary I am sorry to Tom Duxburry for staring at you through years 7 - 11.
I think educating people about common disablities is important, because if people were more educated people with AS for example, people wouldn't avoid them and think of them as useless individuals. They would think of them as clever, mischevious, slightly naughty and cheeky individuals but that because of their condition they can't help having all these things.
We don't have a contagous diesease and we might spurt out all the facts about G.C.S.ES, but think of us as interesting individuals with different view points to life than normal people.
I have read about Lianne Holiday Willey, Jen Birch and Temple Gradin, who have all been diagnosed of having asperges syndrome, but have acheived successful jobs, have their own houses and can do well in life.
That shows that ASDS are not thick and they can all do well in life. Thats if all us AS people put our mind to it.

Answer 8

os its not on the school curriculum