RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

As the Gov­ern­ment moves to in­tro­duce a Con­tin­u­ous As­sess­ment Com­po­nent (CAC) for pri­ma­ry school stu­dents, an autism ad­vo­cate is urg­ing ed­u­ca­tion of­fi­cials to en­sure the new sys­tem is de­signed to ac­com­mo­date chil­dren with autism and oth­er learn­ing dis­abil­i­ties.

Founder of Sup­port Autism T&T, Dr Rad­i­ca Ma­hase, said while she sup­ports ef­forts to move away from ex­clu­sive re­liance on the Sec­ondary En­trance As­sess­ment (SEA), the re­forms must ad­dress long-stand­ing in­equities faced by neu­ro­di­ver­gent learn­ers.