<p>Many autistic adults shudder when recalling school memories.</p><p>But why do autistic people suffer so much at school?</p><p>Historically, it’s been framed that a) school is above reproach, and b) there’s always something wrong with the child who doesn’t manage, and not the environment.</p><p>Some are starting to question that.</p><p>A thread 🧵 </p><p>⬇️ </p><p><a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/ebsa/" rel="tag">#EBSA</a> <a href="/tags/absa/" rel="tag">#ABSA</a> <a href="/tags/pda/" rel="tag">#PDA</a></p>
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<p>The Navajo Nation report cited a 2022 New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica investigation that found Native students in New Mexico were disproportionately punished, with the Gallup-McKinley district — which has the nation's largest Indigenous student body — largely responsible.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gallup-mckinley-native-students-discipline-navajo-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gallup-mckinley-native-students-discipline-navajo-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gal</span><span class="invisible">lup-mckinley-native-students-discipline-navajo-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/navajo/" rel="tag">#Navajo</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a></p>
<p>After we documented children crawling through trains to get to school, the mayor of Hammond, Indiana, said train company Norfolk Southern pledged to help fund an overpass. Now the project is dead after the company reneged, he says.</p><p>Norfolk Southern denies making a commitment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/norfolk-southern-train-crossing-hammond-indiana-school-pedestrian-overpass?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/norfolk-southern-train-crossing-hammond-indiana-school-pedestrian-overpass?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">folk-southern-train-crossing-hammond-indiana-school-pedestrian-overpass?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trains/" rel="tag">#Trains</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/walking/" rel="tag">#Walking</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/indiana/" rel="tag">#Indiana</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a></p>