Welcoming the Executive's decision, Stephen Hart, national officer of the National Autistic Society (NAS) in Scotland, said the extra funds would help create an out-of-school club for 'autism specific' children - those with a higher level of need.
Part of the 192,000 given to the Dundee/NAS partnership from the Special Educational Needs Innovation Grants programme will go to children with a lower level of need through 'autism friendly' programmes being set up in four of the city's existing out-of-school clubs.
He said that while the project was geared to an inclusive approach, the needs of the individual child were paramount. 'Some of the most excluded children we have are in mainstream schools where they just watch the world go by and are lost. This initiative is vital in helping secure the right out-of-school provision for them.'
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