Schools could be doing more to help students with autism communicate better.
Professor Jacqueline Roberts presenting at a Hong Kong conference.
“In autism there is a disconnection between the development of language and the development of communication,’’ says Professor Jacqueline Roberts, Director of the Griffith University Autism Centre of Excellence.
“While the implementation of adaptations as to how and what it taught is determined by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, translation of policy to practice in schools is patchy at best.”
Professor Roberts said this was largely due to failure of school communities to understand autism and what can and should be done to make schools work better for students with autism.
“Communication is so much more than speech. Children with autism may be fluent speakers but still fail to communicate.
“Communication is fundamental to learning so disruption in communication profoundly affects learning. Other characteristics of autism such as sensory processing differences also affect
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