PARENTS at a school for children with autism are in dispute with Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe over what they claim is the exclusion of their school from talks for formal Government recognition.

WHILE his parents await an appeal in the Supreme Court, Seán Ó Cuanacháin is continuing to thrive at his specialist autism school in Co Wicklow.

PARENTS of autistic children who campaigned tirelessly to keep their youngsters in a special school yesterday gave a cautious welcome to a fresh offer from the country’s education chiefs.

Parents of autistic children campaigning to keep their youngsters in a special school today took their protests to the Dáil.