Require and fund training on autism for all staff in mainstream schools

In my experience, children with Autism are still widely misunderstood within mainstream schooling. This can have an enormous impact on not only their ability to learn but their mental health. We want the Government to require and fund training on autism for all staff in mainstream schools receive.

This petition closed on 2 Nov 2022 with 196 signatures


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I visit schools, explaining about Autism and providing free resources and support within the mainstream environment. Schools are crying out for more help, and we want the Government to mandate and fund training for all staff in mainstream schools, to improve the experience of autistic students.

I know your original petition referred to your son, but we don’t publish petitions that contain personal information about minors, as they could be identifiable from the text of a petition, and name of the petition creator – which is published alongside a petition.


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