Almost 1.4 million schoolchildren in England and Wales were identified as having special educational needs in 2020, with neurodivergent children currently over-represented in court and custodial settings.
Researchers at Keele University found that neurodivergent children face a number of challenges as they navigate their way through the education and youth justice systems.
In a study involving interviews with 19 young people, aged between 15 and 18, who were either in custody or had been recently released for offences including burglary, robbery and manslaughter, several talked about their journey through the systems, often describing being labelled as disruptive or “a problem”, as early as year four - aged eight or nine.
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