🏫 Back-to-school time in Sweden. Exciting for some, challenging for others. There are many schoolchildren who have special needs, sometimes because of neuropsychiatric disorders such as ADHD or autism. For these children, going back to school might be a struggle. 🎒 Swedish law says that schools should always take children's different needs into account. The Swedish government has given the National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools the mission 'to ensure that children, young people and adults – regardless of functional ability – have adequate conditions to fulfil their educational goals'. Here are some examples of what kind of support Swedish schoolchildren with special educational needs can get: ✍️ Access to a dedicated special needs teacher. ✍️ To be allowed to read, write and do maths based on their own abilities – for example, with visual support or separate from the rest of the class. ✍️ Structures and routines for learning adapted to their individual needs. ...