The parents of a teenage boy with autism have been cleared of neglecting his education after telling a court he threatened to take his life and repeatedly smashed up their family home when asked to go to school. The parents of a teenage boy with autism have been cleared of neglecting his education after telling a court he threatened to take his life and repeatedly smashed up their family home when asked to go to school. Under the Act the minimum school leaving age was raised to 16 years or the completion of three years of post-primary education. The mother disagreed with the prosecution that the teen’s school still had a place for the boy in its ASD unit. She said her son told her “no one can help me”.

Source: Irish Independent May 24, 2018 19:18 UTC