“๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ‘100 ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ’ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ”
With respect, how could that teacher possibly know? Teachers are highly skilled professionals, but they are not paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists or multidisciplinary diagnostic teams.
Whether a child has autism, ADHD or another neurodevelopmental condition is not determined by classroom observation alone but careful clinical assessment and expert judgement. A strongly held personal belief is not evidence so when will these newspapers realise that?
The article then takes aim at the courts, suggesting..
“๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ”
