Oct 29, 2019, THE HOUSE (Parliament’s Magazine): Sharon Hodgson MP: Our education system doesn’t work for children with dyslexia https://politicshome.com/news/uk/education/house/house-magazine/107616/sharon-hodgson-mp-our-education-system-doesnt-work I’m hugely proud to be the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), and particularly proud of our work this year. … This year, our group has been looking at the cost of undiagnosed and poorly supported dyslexia too, including the emotional wellbeing of dyslexics and their families, the educational attainment of young dyslexic pupils and the wider impact to society through issues like higher-than-average levels of criminality. Following the release of our first report this year, The human cost of dyslexia - The emotional and psychological impact of poorly supported dyslexia, our second report focusses on the educational cost of dyslexia…. Through the Equality Act (2010) and the Children & Families Act (2014), the law technically provides for identification and support for dyslexia. The reality is unfortunately very different – over 80% of young people with dyslexia leave school without a diagnosis, therefore going without the support that they need throughout their whole time in our education system. The impacts are severe: a student with dyslexia or another SpLD is twice as likely to fail to achieve a good pass in English and Maths at GCSE. Additionally, according to the 2019 Timpson Review of School Exclusions, 78% of permanent exclusions issued were to pupils who either had Special Educational Needs, were classified as in need or were eligible for free school meals….
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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.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
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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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