Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The task force also stated that there is "no definitive evidence that supported one approach as being better than others for all children with ASDs, or supports a single approach for all aspects of development; nor is there any evidence by which children could be matched to particular approaches". It recommended that a range of approaches be made available to meet the unique needs of each student with an autistic spectrum disorder in all school settings. That is precisely our policy and what we have aimed to do.

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