School discriminated against expelled autistic boy, judge rules

Children with special needs are at much higher risk of being excluded from mainstream schools.Children with special needs who have been excluded from schools for aggressive behaviour linked to their condition are being discriminated against, a judge has ruled.Judge Alison Rowley, sitting in the upper tribunal, said it was “repugnant” to consider such behaviour as “criminal or antisocial” when it was a direct result of a child’s condition and “not a choice&rdqu