Research-informed insights from Kate Coldrick on autism, inclusive education, and mental health in schools - bridging evidence, practice, and lived experience. Inclusion is something every school says it values, but what does it look like in practice for autistic students? A new review of 233 studies (Perrelet et al., 2025) pulls together two decades of … Continue reading Inclusive Education for Autistic Students: Evidence, Gaps, and Urgent Questions
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When We Get It Wrong: Rethinking How We See Autistic Children
So often in education we make judgements based on what we see from the outside. A child is quiet in a group task and we assume they are not engaging. A child plays in an unusual way and we assume they are missing the point. A child does not show emotion in a way we … Continue reading When We Get It Wrong: Rethinking How We See Autistic Children
Autism in Girls: Why I Created This Parent Guide
When we think of autism, the picture many people have in mind is still based on boys. For decades, research, diagnostic tools, and public awareness have focused mainly on male patterns of autism. This means that many girls (including my daughter and me) have been missed or diagnosed late because our differences did not match … Continue reading Autism in Girls: Why I Created This Parent Guide
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