Aug 14, 2017, The Age (Australia): Challenges facing expelled Vic students https://au.educationhq.com/news/41369/challenges-facing-expelled-vic-students/
Children as young as five and six are being expelled from Victoria's government schools and more than 31 per cent have disabilities or mental illnesses, a report by the state's ombudsman has found.
At just seven years of age Daniel was expelled from his Victorian government school.
It was the third he had attended since Prep.
Daniel has autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, anxiety and depression and his conditions make him more likely to be expelled according to a new report from the state ombudsman. ...
"He was diagnosed with severe behaviour disorder so he was basically expelled for his condition." ...
The report made eight recommendations, including limiting expulsions for students under the age of eight, all of which have been supported by the government.
The state government in response announced a $5.9 million program to help students with behavioural issue avoid expulsion.
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Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
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What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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