Principals should lead the way in adopting a whole-school approach to the education of all students, including those with autism and other disabilities.
According to autism expert Professor Jacqueline Roberts, Director of Griffith University’s Autism Centre of Excellence, it is essential for principals to lead the training of teachers about autism and spread that knowledge throughout the school.
“Essentially, we think all children have a right to be educated in school and optimally children are best educated with their peers,’’ Professor Roberts said.
Professor Jacqueline Roberts
“For the vast majority of children with disabilities including children with autism, mainstream education remains the best setting for them.
“That’s where they are going to learn the skills that will enable them to participate in society, to have jobs, to learn how to engage and mix with other people.”
While acknowledging that some children with disabilities may need a more specialist setting, she said autism educators hoped mainstream schools would become better
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