'Harmful' passage to be removed from children's textbook following complaints by autism group

Lift Off!, which forms part of the Rainbow English Programme designed for fourth class students, contains 20 extracts from published children’s literature

A passage wishing for a pill to “take autism away” and with a sibling wishing her brother who has autism was a “regular” brother is to to removed from a book being taught to primary school pupils.

Lift Off!, which forms part of the Rainbow English Programme designed for fourth-class students, contains 20 extracts from published children’s literature.