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The School Can't Experience
For parents and caregivers of young people who struggle to attend school, and related education and health professionals. We share experiences and insights into what is going on for our young people and how we can offer support.
The School Can't Experience
Latest Episodes
#73 - Stop Fixing the Kids, Fix the Conditions with Dr Shelley Moore
Dr Shelley Moore is one of the most widely cited voices in inclusive education, working with schools, organisations, and jurisdictions around the world on how to make education genuinely accessible for all students. She also hated school hersel...
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#72 - When Distress Looks Like Violence with Yellow Lady Bugs’ Katie & Natasha
Content warning: This episode contains discussion of physical and verbal aggression directed at parents and caregivers by young people in acute distress, including descriptions of property damage, physical assault, and extreme verbal behavio...
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#71 - I Was Failing Him by Sending Him to School, Tammie's Lived Experience
Content warning: Tammie briefly mentions suicidal ideation in this episode. We also discuss instances of violent behaviour stemming from dysregulation and overwhelm.Tammie is a School Can't mum raising an autistic son in rural V...
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#70 - Your PDA Questions Answered with Kristy Forbes
Kristy Forbes is a neurodiversity advocate, former classroom teacher, PDAer herself, and parent of four PDAers. She's also a School Can't kid — she left school at 15 — who has since built an internationally recognised body of work supporting PD...
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#69 - Pete Wharmby on How Schools Can Help Our Autistic School Children Thrive
Pete Wharmby is a neurodiversity advocate, autistic adult, and former English teacher in the UK. He brings a perspective that's genuinely rare in this space: he's been on both sides of the classroom, as a student who masked his way through scho...
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Fan Mail
As a parent to 4 Autistic individuals one who is currently fighting his way through VCE with a heavy emphasis on physics and maths this journey has given me hope, as well as some ideas of where to step next to offer safe and meaningful education for my child. Thankyou
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