Tag: school-induced anxiety

  • Changelog: Mass school refusal among neurodivergent children is an early form of resistance to neuronormativity.

    Changelog: Mass school refusal among neurodivergent children is an early form of resistance to neuronormativity.

    We updated our ‘School-Induced Anxiety’ page with selections from Robert Chapman and “‘Children are holding a mirror up to us’: why are England’s kids refusing to go to school? | Schools | The Guardian”. While we were updating, we broke the page up into sections and added a table of contents. Mass school refusal among…

  • Youth Suicides Are Closely Tied With In-Person School Attendance

    Youth Suicides Are Closely Tied With In-Person School Attendance

    “The findings of this study suggest that youth suicides are closely tied with in-person school attendance.” In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures | NBER The findings of this study align with experiences in our communities of neurodivergent and disabled people, where we reframe “school refusal” as “school-induced anxiety”.…

  • Key Principles When Supporting Autistic People

    Key Principles When Supporting Autistic People

    The community at Spectrum Gaming released “Key Principles when supporting autistic people” at Barriers to Education. We believe in REAL coproduction, so have worked with our community to create ‘Our Key Principles When Supporting Autistic Young People’. We think they are really important, so have made them available for anyone to use/ read/ share. @Spectrum0Gaming…