Using an Acceptance-Based Curriculum to support autistic students, who have not engaged in the National Curriculum

Aaron Yorke wrote an earlier paper published in the GAP Journal in October 2021 where he gave details of The Accept Approach™. He has continued to work on this approach with families and colleagues in local authorities and has now developed the Acceptance-Based Curriculum™ (ABC). In this paper, he describes this approach and uses two case studies of children who had stopped attending school and whose mental health was deteriorating. The Editor welcomes more papers from readers on understanding and support for children and young people who struggle to attend school and educational alternatives.