DAY TO DAY AUTISM DIARY

The make school make sense education campaign in England turns one year old this week. On 23 May 2006 the campaign launched with awareness-raising events taking place across London at tube stations and Victoria train station. A parliamentary reception at The House of Commons followed the next day.

make school make sense campaigns have since launched in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Many thanks to everyone who has supported make school make sense over the last twelve months and has contributed to the successes of the campaign so far. With your help, make school make sense has already started to make a difference to educational provision for children with autism across the UK.

Happy birthday, make school make sense!

The National Autistic Society's make school make sense education campaign aims to improve educational provision for children with autism, so that every child can get the education they deserve.

Local provision for children with autism is often limited, teachers' training in autism is inadequate and children and their families struggle to access the entitlements that are their right.

It is vital that the good practice that exists in some areas is extended to all schools in all areas so that every child with autism gets the education they deserve.

Until then, they need your help to campaign for change.

Autism is complex. Our demands are simple.

make school make sense

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this is news that never really made big headlines but as gordon brown is our next prime minister thought i would share it.
Back in october 2006 this Autism comment sparked a backlash

George Osborne landed in hot water with the National Autistic Society yesterday after he was accused of suggesting that Gordon Brown was faintly autistic.
Mr Osborne denied making the claim at the conference, but the society said any perceived use of autism as a term to mock someone could cause deep distress. He made the faux pas at a conference fringe meeting. When asked if he might have been faintly autistic, he quipped: "We're not getting on to Gordon Brown yet."
A spokesman for the National Autistic Society said: "It is a complex disability that can be challenging and distressing for the people who live with it. To use the term autism in a pejorative way can cause offence and can increase the misunderstanding and confusion that already exists." Mr Osborne's comments followed David Cameron's personal attack on the Chancellor at the weekend when he described Mr Brown as tragic and weak.

From the herald.co.uk