Special education - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:03:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Special education - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Autistic boy on school waitlist since 2022 declined spot for 2024 https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/11/16/autistic-boy-on-school-waitlist-since-2022-declined-spot-for-2024/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:54:39 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=166420 Micah Tuivaiave, who loves playing outside on his scooter, swimming and getting lost in books, turns 6 in December. While many of his peers have already started school, he's still at daycare, but not by choice. Micah has severe non-verbal autism which means he requires dedicated attention in a school setting. However, the majority of Read more

Autistic boy on school waitlist since 2022 declined spot for 2024... Read more]]> Micah Tuivaiave, who loves playing outside on his scooter, swimming and getting lost in books, turns 6 in December. While many of his peers have already started school, he's still at daycare, but not by choice.

Micah has severe non-verbal autism which means he requires dedicated attention in a school setting. However, the majority of specialist schools in the country are unable to take in new students due to resource issues.

Even though he'd been on a wait list since 2022, Micah was one of the 40-odd students at Rosehill specialist school in Papakura who were told last month that they would not have a spot in 2024. Read more

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