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‘Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan warned that it was the wrong approach to “accommodate” children at schools by giving them 25 per cent additional time to complete their answers.
She said it was “really concerning” that an emphasis had been placed on “accommodating” pupils with disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( #ADHD) and #autism, rather than addressing the root cause of a condition, or questioning whether a pupil has it at all.’
The Times, UK
I find the language in this whole piece disturbing. Describing #ADHD and #Autism as ‘problems’ and ‘disorders’ feels very much like othering and dismissing a clinical diagnosis….which has often been a long time coming with a lack of understanding all around up to that point.
Proscribing ‘interventions’ over ‘accommodations’ implies breaking and rebuilding rather than supporting.
The implication is that children with a diagnosis are somehow cheating the system.
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