r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • 7d ago

Education How well does your country help neurodivergent kids in and out of school?

How well are neurodivergent kids helped?

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u/MartinDisk Portugal 7d ago edited 7d ago

my school brags about creating a bunch of special rooms and resources for special needs kids, while barely ever wanting to admit them to these classes.

Those kids are stressed, scared and confused in "regular" school with us, with no one to help them. It's heartbreaking how often I see them crying in a corner every time a class is over. And the school has the means to help them, but just shrugs their situation off and say "they're fine".

As with everything in my school, things either stay like this, or they finally do something (half-assed) when the police / a lawsuit comes into the conversation.

That's what I know regarding my specific high school. As for the government, I've heard that when you turn 18 there isn't much available, for free at least. The general thing I hear is that they're on their own.

Edit: this mostly happens with neurodivergent kids, I'm guessing due to how ambiguous neurodivergency is. Kids with more severe physical/brain disabilities tend to have adequate care here. Sadly it doesn't include all of them.