28 Apr 2021

IHC on autistic boy excluded from school

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 28 April 2021

IHC Director of Advocacy is calling the case of an autistic teenager excluded from school appalling.

The Auckland boy was stood down and forced to leave after an altercation with another student.

Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft has intervened, calling for the creation of an independent body to review exclusion decisions.

IHC Director of Advocacy Trish Grant spoke to Corin Dann.