Still no update on progress from the Green Party. I will send them an email asking whether ED152 has been amended or not.
I have noticed something that could be a bit worrying for HE parents who's children have been unhappy at school.
Natalie Bennett (the leader of the Green Party) made a speech at the Islington Green Party AGM back in 2013 where she proudly announced that "I was, at around the age of 10, a child who didn’t just love school, but loved learning".
Our own experience reveals that adults who generally enjoyed school themselves are less likely to understand children who do not enjoy school than adults who were unhappy at school or struggled with problems relating to the school environment and its system of teaching and learning. This is regardless of their love of learning. If one enjoys something then they are less likely to be critical of it than if they didn't enjoy it or it failed to meet their expectations.
Therefore, Natalie Bennett might struggle to understand the difficulties children with AS encounter at school and how it affects their happiness and well being.
http://islington.greenparty.org.uk/news ... islington/The management of Asperger Home Education feel that a high proportion of the educational reforms put fowards by the Green Party are geared towards NT children of average academic ability rather than children with AS or those with high abilities. Children with interests in STEM or technical subjects could also lose out because the Green Party officials tend to come from an arts and humanities background.
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:31 am 
