‘All we are told is no, no, no’: Parents of children with autism reveal uphill battles to find schools

At both primary and secondary level, school places for special needs children are at a premium and parents are under huge pressure with the lack of supports, writes Noel Baker

There is a truly terrible book to be written about all the misguided, ill-judged and frankly terrible things said to parents who have children on the autism spectrum, except no one would want to read it — especially not Louise Griffin.