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Case study: Introducing the neurodiversity champions

One school has seen the positive impact of pupil neurodiversity champions on whole-school inclusion. Emily Rushton explains what the project entails and how it works in practice
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An exciting day. Everyone in the circle started clapping and agreeing it was the best possible thing we could fundraise for during our neurodiversity week.

I asked the pupil how she thought her idea met the brief of an important contribution to our school that included everyone and would be something positive that we see the impact of everyday.

The pupil replied: “A hot tub would make everyone happy and I’m pretty sure someone would use it every day!”

One pupil then quietly sat down next to her, put her arms round her shoulders and said: “I don’t think we’ll be able to do that. We all said it had to include everyone and I don’t think we could get a hot tub big enough to fit everyone in!”

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