Learning From Autistic Teachers How to Be a Neurodiversity-Inclusive School

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Synopsis

In this strikingly honest collection, developed from a pioneering new research project, autistic teachers and other autistic school professionals share their stories of the challenges and successes of their careers. Contributors challenge assumptions and stereotypes whilst highlighting the unique strengths autistic staff can bring to schools when their own needs are accommodated.The book explores exclusion and identity, understanding and acceptance, intersectionality and facilitating inclusion. It also celebrates the positives that come with being an autistic teacher, such as relating to neurodivergent pupils and conveying passion and enthusiasm for a subject through intense interests, or demonstrating particular skills in school leadership. It examines how workplace set up can sometimes exclude autistic individuals and lead to skilled teachers and those in other education roles, including visiting professionals, leaving the profession, and sets out the accommodations that can prevent this from happening.

Book details

Author:
Ruth Moyse, Rebecca Wood, Laura Crane, Francesca Happé, Alan Morrison
ISBN:
9781839971273
Related ISBNs:
9781839971266
Publisher:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages:
224
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-04-20
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2022
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology