Comment on Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?

VinesNFluff@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t see the connection between neurodivergence an phones

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People would film me being acoustic and use the footage to bully me 🥰

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  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A lot of research actually shows that neurodivergent kids rely on online spaces and communities. Forcing neurodivergent kids to sit in a chair for 8 hours and stare at a whiteboard never worked, but everyone used to just not care.

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    • blindsight@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The nice thing is that the education system has an answer for that: home schooling! At least in my jurisdiction, the autism funding parents get is enough to send autistic students to specialized small-class tutoring services during the day (using public funds), so the burden on parents isn’t that high. Parents then get to focus on experiential learning with their kiddos outside of tutoring time, following their interests (and regulation).

      Regardless, cell phones in the classroom are a problem for everyone, but especially for AuDHD/ADHD students.

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      • t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Home schooling is never the correct answer as a societal solution for education.

        Special needs education is a field that requires specialized training. This is something you need a degree for, not something parents can wing from self-study. It’s great that there is public funding for some people to allow them to get their kids specialized tutoring, but that is not common, and isn’t a substitute for actual school systems with IEP or other Special Education-trained professionals.

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  • VinesNFluff@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Another comment already said everything I was going to say in a far more eloquent manner, so refer to @t3rmit3@beehaw.org 's comment below :P

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• shirro@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A camera in every pocket isn’t so good for the ASD kid being mainstreamed into high school with a severe phobia of having his picture taken.

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