Submission 49 — Jannlea Piercey — Inquiry into support for autistic children and young people in schools

is my 13 year old daughter, she is dianoised with ADHD ASD level 2, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Anxiety which is caused by her Disabilities. she is now homeschooling as school was to overwhelming for her which caused her anxiety to cripple her, the classes were too noises not enough help in class, felt punished for her disability as there was things she couldn’t do, The school made some changes to timetable to try to help, but there was promises of changeing certain things but this never happened which then caused increased anxiety, we pulled from high school term 3 of year 7, and she was in an Austic Burnout and was crippling her mental health. we are at almost a year since she left high school and she is still recovering but improving, Teachers need to be taught strategies and information on kids with disabilities and how to help them or even better give them thier own school, my daughter is high functioning so a disability school would not be appropriate for her. High functioning autistic kids need a school that will cater to thiers needs so they can learn, imagine yourself trying to learn when the lights are too brigght and hurting your eyes the noise is too loud and hurting your ears and you feel like your sitting on concrete we need an inviting environment designed for thier sensory overload, teachers that have understanding, and lower class sizes