1. MAINSTREAM AND ME Adam Dixon

2. Mainstream nursery - aged 2 Specialist nursery - aged 4 3/4 Specialist school - aged 5 3/4 Specialist sixth form - aged 16 Mainstream secondary - aged 12 Mainstream primary - aged 9 Mainstream college - aged 16

3. I WENT FROM SPECIAL SCHOOL TO MAINSTREA M AFTER YEAR THREE

4. MOST OF MY ISSUES HAD BEEN SORTED BY THIS POINT

5. I HAD SPECIAL FOOD SUPPLIES ON TRIPS OUT WITH SCHOOL

6. I FELT A BIT LOST AT FIRST WHEN STARTING OUT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL

7. I OFTEN FELT THAT THE HOMEWORK WAS A WASTE OF MY TIME

8. I DIDN’T SEE THE POINT OF GOING TO DETENTION

9. SOME OF THE TEACHERS FOUND ME REALLY CHALLENGIN G

10. SUPPORT MADE ME ACTUALLY DO THE WORK

11. I WANTED TO HAVE MY COAT WITH ME ALL THE TIME

12. I ALWAYS HAD A LARGE AND HEAVY BACKPACK DURING THE DAY

13. I HAD A FEW ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE AND SENSORY ISSUES

14. THERE WERE ALSO ISSUES TRAVELLING TO SCHOOL

15. BY GOING TO UNSTED I LEARNED IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS

16. WHAT ADVICE WOULD I GIVE TO OTHERS?