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Raechel Smart

Sep 21, 2026

8:13
I know you said you're still analysing the survey at the moment, but I wonder whether there are any observations that you can share about based on what you've seen so far?
8:20
Sure, sure.
8:21
So that was actually a focus of my master's research.
8:24
So I set out to interview parents about what school non-attendance looked like in autistic students, because there wasn't anybody who had described in the research the things that I'd observed at home.
8:36
And the things that I'd seen, I'm part of the school community as a parent and have been for many, many years.
8:42
So I kind of see those posts and see what people say and think that's not described in the research yet.
8:47
So I was really interested in all that stuff that happens at home when kids feel sick the night before or the morning of.

12 MINS LATER

20:37
in the teaching cohort that you were working with, how well do you think folks understood the reasons why the kids were struggling to attend school?

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