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Autistic Academy
A freeform home education for Autistic children

We are going to provide a freeform home learning experience.  No lesson plans, no fixed subjects, no mandatory subjects, no timescales, no deadlines, no pressure.  We're going to try and bring the same level of education as you would expect at a school, but if you're no good at a subject, don't take it.  Pick what you love, and run with it.  We will also offer message boards, communication tools, e-mail, web site creation tools, and a few games.  The games are there for a reason.  In my experience, people with Autism can have short attention spans, but pack a lot of intensity into short spurts of work.  The games will offer a break from working and will be a mix of educational games, and just plain fun games.

Lastly, we need your input.  If you can give us ideas, feedback, or even offer to help, we can make The Autistic Academy something great.

We're not trying to say "don't go to Autistic schools".  We're just saying "Give us a shot, what's the worst that can happen?"

Development Blog:
 
20th July 2005:
The Autistic Academy goes online today.  Today's work will be to get the main pages into some kind of working form.  In the next few days we will fill out the site with material, tools, links, and games. 
 
This is going to be a daunting project, but I'm determined to make this work.  There has to be an alternative to the current school system, and I think this might be it!
 
27th July 2005:
Long time, no work.  I've decided that I need to do some changes to the front page.  I'm going to move the big introduction to the About Us page.  I'm also planning to get at least one GCSE level classroom up and running today.  Probably the English classroom.  Seems like a good idea!

In the News

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This piece will change occassionally, depending on when something grabs our attention. 

The current subject is: What do you think of The Autistic Academy idea?

We will post the answers to this question on the Academy Notice Board

Meet the Challenge!

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This is a non-school part of the Academy.  A challange for anyone at the Academy, at any level.  It will change every few weeks, and should be a lot of fun for all involved!

The current challange is - Show Us What You've Got!
It doesn't matter what your passion is, show it off!  If you love making music, send us an MP3 of your own.  If you love creating art, send us some.  If you enjoy taking photos, send some to us.  Are you into writing?  Send us something of yours.  Everything will be put in a special, permanent gallery on the site and there is no one winner.  The prize for everyone who enters is for their work to be put in the gallery, and the gallery itself will be highly promoted on the Internet.

Please get in touch with any questions or comments on my site.

Copyright 2005-present David Purse