Army of Autism Awareness Angels - Autism support officers
PLEASE take 5 minutes to watch our clip and make sure you click like on it. Having an Autism support officer in each school will benefit every child, even ...
My son has come through the SA school system and due to us biting the
bullet and putting him into the Catholic system and paying the larger
school fees, he has come through his schooling quite well. But looking at
what happens in the schools around us and what is happening even in the
Catholic system now, I worry for the future of our kids. Schools receive
disability funding for each child they have with disabilities, I don't
believe that schools are using this money in the way its intended.
I dont agree with the "special school not suiting ASD students" Theres a
massive variation in ASD kid's educational requirements. What works depends
on the individual. The problems we see. 1. Low numbers of special school
places making it very difficult to actually get in even if you qualify.
having autism doesnt get you in, its needs based 2. Not enough funding for
SSO time 3. ASD units exist in adelaide but take only very small numbers of
children. This came from the last state election.
My 7yr old son is in this video. He struggles with school everyday. He is
an intelligent child and loves maths. He struggles with his surroundings
like other students noise, touch and smell. He is in a mainstream private
school and receives little to no support. A support officer would allow him
to reach his full potential. How sad it is that he is not given the chance
to become the person he can me because his sensory needs are not understood.
My 12 year old daughter is in a "Special School', which is not ideal, as
she doesn't have exposure to 'normal' kid behaviour. We had no acceptable
options as the Government keeps ignoring the Autism Epidemic. I want my
daughter in a mainstream school, and she would benefit greatly, but it can
only happen with Autism support officers in the schools. Thank you Autism
Angels for your dedication in making others "Autism Aware".
My 12 year old daughter is in a "Special School', which is not ideal, as
she doesn't have exposure to 'normal' kid behaviour. We had no acceptable
options as the Government keeps ignoring the Autism Epidemic. I want my
daughter in a mainstream school, and she would benefit greatly, but it can
only happen with Autism support officers in the schools. Thank you Autism
Angels for your dedication in making others "Autism Aware".
My sons public primary school failed us miserably. was a a devastating time
for us.. we were very lucky that we found the perfect school for us, that
happened to be private. so we put ourselves under the financial pressure to
make sure he had an understanding and safe environment to learn in. an
Autism support officer would have been magical, and a lot more useful than
an SSO who has no clue
This is needed Australia wide. Too many schools don't have anything unless
there is a principal that is already aware and proactive. Unfortunately
they are few and far between. Teachers have so much they are required to
achieve that even ifthey wanted to, they have precious little time to
"educate" themselves on autism. I fully support this concept having a
daughter in mainstream school.
@kjdj3j That is so sad and totally unacceptable. I can only imagine the
trauma he has had to deal with. It angers me to the point that I become
irrational when I hear stories like this. Politicians, and in particular
the Minister fir education Jay Weatherill need to realise though that these
are not "stories" but real lives, real emotions and real needs. My prayers
are with you xxx
I love this idea !!!! I have 2 children with ASD 1 is currently in a
mainstream school and i have contact with his teacher every single day so
if there is any issue i can sort it straight away my other child is about
to start kindy in janurary which is very scary as he has it worse than my
other child so hopefully we can get this great idea into our schools asap
I just don't understand how the South Australian Government can spend
billions of dollars on 2 Pandas that no one goes and sees, when they could
of built an amazing ASD school for that money and helped THOUSANDS of ASD
children and their famlies! Stop wasting money South Australia on things
that are WANTS not NEEDS!!!
@fiorachristou Minister Jay Weathill is the same minister that raised state
funding to reduce AutismSA 2 year wait for diagnosis back in 2006 to what
it is now. He has also been recently visiting special needs schools
speaking with principals/governing councils and students (not just in
Adelaide either)
Keep the comments coming great to hear all of your points of view!! And
SHARE SHARE SHARE x Im glad you all like it!!! I PROMISE it is my mission
to help change things for all your families and mine x
Completely understand what you are going through and you are 100% correct,
consistency and routine mean everything. Well done and keep smiling. PS. Do
you mind if I share this video on Facebook amongst the Aspergers Support
Group I'm involved in? :-)
Thanks for posting that. It must have been extremely hard to do, but had
the same situation from a 11 year old, who reacts exactly the same as your
boy in similar circumstances. This what people need to see, need to
understand.
Army of Autism Awareness Angels hit the streets of Adelaide interviewing the public.
We set out to find out HOW AUTISM AWARE is Adelaide? There are way too many people that don't know what autism is. I will note: We did come across lots of ...
I dont have a problem with the way these girls make people aware of
autisum, i think at least they are doing it! Most autistic dont think about
what they are ment to look like or that one person is more sexy than
others? that is not what metters to them, their own intrests are all that
matters i know this cos my son has a form of autisum so all you self
obsesed people who worry that these girls look better than you get over it
cos at least they are making sure people know about autisum.
Autism groups can no longer draw attention by holding money collection
tins at shopping centres, it's not working and never will this day in age.
There are going to be people out there that dont like that way we're
raising awareness but unforunately you can't please everyone. There are
hundreds of Autisic and Aspergers kids wanting to meet the Angels and it
brings so much joy to their faces. Why cant people just be grateful.
Big thanks , you are doing a great job and fun is always good for any age
or part-of-the-spectrum... Knowing facts helps all humans make decisions,
and facts gained from experience I do tend to trust... Being ASD I really
don't look at the messenger in any terms other than emotional and
empathetic ways, money isn't any ... If there's a smile and some kind of
fun, I'll listen and learn.. A brilliant group, thank you... NEAL
The idea is only to raise awareness, we spend multipule hours behing the
scenes at camps with Autistic children, me and my wife who is the founder
of the Angels also share an Autistic son and Brooke works with Autisic and
disabled kids every day. There has been more in the media the last year
since the Angels started then in the last 10 years.
I think it's great that you creating awareness for Autism, But maybe your
sending the wrong message, Autism isn't about fake tan's fake boobs &
skinny women. Why not get a group of Autistic/Apsergers kids or adults &
show the world what Autism REALLY is, The beauty of autism is in the people
that have it, Not in a tight red shirt or bikini.
barr0254... I would like you to know that 2 of these girls in this video
have a child with Autism, one of them happens to be my wife and yes....our
son has Autism.
I definitely know what Autism is. I've got it and my bro has aspergers.
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