There are two reports for the make school make sense campaign. Click on the images to view the reports:
On October 31st The National Autistic Society Scotland (NAS Scotland), part of the UK’s leading charity for people with autism and their families launched the make school make sense campaign. The campaign aims to exert pressure on the Executive and local authorities, and work with them to deliver improvements to education for children with autism. It seeks to engage, support and empower individuals to lobby for change.
Read the Scottish make school make sense report
In early 2006, the National Autistic Society interviewed 28 children across Britain to find out about their experiences of education.
make school make sense for me is a collection of their experiences of school, from primary through to those in their final years at college. Between them they have had a range of education experiences, including mainstream, special schools, and home education.
Here they speak out about their experinces of school, the challenges they faced and their hopes for the future.
This report was presented to Children's Commissioner for England, Al Aynsley-Green by a group of children who contributed to the report when they met with him in August to discuss their views of school.
make school make sense - autism and education: the reality for families today (England Version) was produced as a result of the autism education survey which was carried out last year and which received responses from 1400 NAS members.
Quite simply, this is the largest survey on autism education ever undertaken in the UK. It reveals what parents and children with autism really want.
In this report, we look at what needs to take place in schools so that children with autism can learn, play a full part in school life and achieve their potential.
The report was presented to Downing Street in May 2006 by two children and their teachers, before the campaign began in England.
The right school for every child with autism
The right training for every teacher
The right approach in every school
make school make sense heroes
make school make sense reports
make school make sense index
NAS make school make sense pages
