I want to cover my short doc on autistic kids and their education. I feel like after the pandemic the comeback has been a struggle since kids were so used to being in their houses doing their school work to now being in a classroom setting once again. The kids I wanted to cover are adolescents so between the ages of 6-and 11.
Some of these kids haven’t even seen a classroom setting before the pandemic and some have forgotten what it’s like to be in a classroom setting with that one-on-one learning, especially autistic kids. For those, that do remember I want to cover what it was like being taken out of the classroom setting and how it was adjusting for the child and especially the parent because some parents became that teacher and had to make sure their children were learning the material since the teachers were virtually teaching the hard class.
For the short doc, I want to focus on how the pandemic suspended essential services and learning for Austin children and how the child, teachers, and parents were affected. I also want to interview the teachers on the difficulties of bringing autistic kids back into the classroom setting and what challenges they faced since being back in the classroom and if it has any long-term effects on these kids. Especially with the constant changes in regulations with the mask being required, vaccines being required then both mask and vaccines being optional and has it affected the attendance, have they gained kids or lost kids, etc.
I believe that this could be interesting because I haven’t heard many things about autistic children learning being suspended. I know the news has focused on children in school as a whole but I want to know specifically the challenges for autistic kids since they require one on one learning, essential services, etc.