I am a secondary teacher teaching English in an independent government school in WA. I am part time and have approx 69 students. 5 are diagnosed with autism, many with other conditions. We have a learning support person who does documents with lists of symptoms and strategies for each child with disabilities which are updated frequently. I have an EA in my class about 2 times a week for each class. There are serious problems. Students with disabilities are not being adequately supported. It is entirely up to the teachers to do everything for these students. It is not practical or realistic to expect teachers to give these students all the support they need. I do not hardly have any access to computers, some students have their own, but many don’t. Documents from learning support are not enough. We read them, then file them away. I rarely see any teacher actually implementing the strategies, we do not have time, there are so many other stidetns in need of support. Often we deal with the behaviour rather than the learning needs. The EAs are not properly trained to support these studetns. They do very little in the classroom to help studetns with autism. In fact many seem to try and avoid them, especially if there are difficult behaviours. They simply do not have proper training. Neither do the majority of teachers. Students with autism are often expected to complete the same curriculum as the other students. This is often not appropriate in English, considering the themes, discussion, analytical and critical thinking involved. Many skills are out of reach for autistic students and they feel isolated and uncomfortable. It seems pointless trying to get them to do the same curriculum. In a broader context, this is one reason many teachers are leaving the profession. I am leaving my current teaching job and moving into catholic education, mainly because I feel I am not aquately able to support students with disabilities in the public sector.