Petition Reduce school summer holidays for special needs students

Children that suffer from autism etc find summer holidays a distressing upheaval to their usual routine. This can cause them to violently lash out.
These children struggle after six weeks and find it very hard to settle back into a routine at school which is distressing for all those around.

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I am a mother of an autistic child. I see the effect even just a week half term has on my son, so how does the government expect him to cope with 6 whole weeks?! I am not the one parent that feels the holidays are far too long for these children. The government have been saying for years they will cut the archaic 6 week holidays yet they haven't made any adjustment.

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Date closed 22 February 2017
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