Riddell gave evidence on ASN to Scottish Government's Education & Skills Committee (1 Mar 2017)

Professor Riddell has a longstanding specialism in ASN, including acting as an adviser to a previous parliamentary education committee in its scrutiny of this issue. Her submission includes a copy of a briefing paper to LGiU Scotland focusing on local authority variation and impact of social background.

 

The video recording of the meeting can be watched via this link.

 

The documents of the meeting and all the submissions can be accessed via the following links on the Scottish Parliament website:

• Papers for meeting 1 March 2017 (539KB pdf)
• Additional Support Needs Submissions (2.4MB pdf)
• Official Report of Meeting 1 March 2017
• Minute of the proceeding of Meeting 1 March 2017 (88KB pdf)

Meanwhile, Riddell's comments were also picked up by the following press:

• BBC news (1st March 2017) - "Teacher told to 'watch Big Bang Theory' as Asperger's training"
• The Times (2nd March 2017) - "Dyslexia diagnosis helps wealthier pupils get ahead"
• TESS (17th March 2017) - "You could fill a book with how ASN is going wrong"
• The Herald ( 27th March 2017) - "Middle-class special needs children given more support"