Really nice to see autistic teachers being considered, arguably we are in an amazing position to be able to support autistic students and also relate other students who have various learning differences. I wonder if autistic teachers could arguably be much better than their neurotypical peers in an SEN setting as their levels of empathy and it's student understanding are likely better than their neurotypical peers. Worth noting that this idea will extend to other learning differences. On a more negative note, I've also heard a fair amount of ableist views from other teachers and even in SEN settings. It's quite demoralising to hear and reflect on, I think the vast majority of people are in it for the right reasons but its a tough pill to swallow knowing that your colleagues think less of the group of people you belong to. I've heard a lot of autistic adults discuss the dangers of disclosure in the workplace and in schools, knowing that these sorts of ableist views exist makes me cautious.
This is really interesting - I wonder how many teachers leaving the profession is due to undiagnosed issues that the workload associated with teaching just can't cope with.
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Really nice to see autistic teachers being considered, arguably we are in an amazing position to be able to support autistic students and also relate other students who have various learning differences. I wonder if autistic teachers could arguably be much better than their neurotypical peers in an SEN setting as their levels of empathy and it's student understanding are likely better than their neurotypical peers. Worth noting that this idea will extend to other learning differences.
On a more negative note, I've also heard a fair amount of ableist views from other teachers and even in SEN settings. It's quite demoralising to hear and reflect on, I think the vast majority of people are in it for the right reasons but its a tough pill to swallow knowing that your colleagues think less of the group of people you belong to. I've heard a lot of autistic adults discuss the dangers of disclosure in the workplace and in schools, knowing that these sorts of ableist views exist makes me cautious.
This is really interesting - I wonder how many teachers leaving the profession is due to undiagnosed issues that the workload associated with teaching just can't cope with.