Ofsted drops ‘clumsy’ and ‘offensive’ guidance linking autism and extremism

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• cynar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  For those confused. The training tried to say that autistic people were more likely to be socially isolated. That then makes them more likely to be “befriended” into extremism.

  It was akin to saying “black people commit more petty crimes”. While technically true (poor people commit more petty crimes, and a disproportionate number of blacks are poorer), it runs roughshod over the people it’s trying to protect/help.

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• BrightCandle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Such prejudice from Ofsted is unfortunately nothing new.

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• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What the hell? This was a thing?

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  • scratchee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They made the mistake of writing it down and got punished with public oversight. I’m sure they’ll remember to only share their bad takes verbally from now on.

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• Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you consider progressive movements extremist, then maybe this holds some water, otherwise no.

  Most autistic people I’ve ever met were either progressive, left-wing activists or too focused on their special interest to engage in politics (a small minority).

  That said there is a section bias in that I don’t associate with bigots, but whatever.

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