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Special Educational Needs

: For the purposes of clarity, I should say that when I made those comments, I did not mean physically disabled children. My comments were made in the context of zero-tolerance behaviour management in the classroom. The education White Paper clearly states that schools are to take a new route towards discipline in the classroom. Children with special educational needs, such as autistic children or those with Asperger's syndrome, find it difficult to behave in such an environment. That is the context in which I made my remarks.