DELORAINE mother Renae Webb is exasperated by the impact the government's education cuts are having on her eight-year-old son Logan, who has autism.
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Mrs Webb was this week told by her son's school that Logan's teacher for next year was unknown, resulting from the government's school resource uncertainty.
The impact of this on any child can be huge, let alone a child with autism.
And the scenario is not a one-off example, with many schools unable to advise parents and children of their class placements.
Mrs Webb said she was speaking out for her son and other parents of children with autism, who did not receive equitable support in the state system.
"In previous years, my son has spent the last few weeks of school being orientated to his new teacher," Mrs Webb said.
"He needs to be familiarised with the teacher and the classroom as he can't cope with sudden change. "Without that confidence, he acts out.
"We now have all school holidays to deal with his anxiety, which comes out in anger, as he will now fixate on the unknown."
Tasmanian Disability Education Reform founder Kristen Desmond said not having a class transition plan was unacceptable.
She added that changing teachers is unsettling for most children, let alone those with autism.
"Anxiety can be very high if they are moving from one teacher to another, particularly if there was a very strong relationship," she said.
"That anxiety will build up over the next six weeks of school holidays, which has an enormous impact on the child and the family."
Mrs Desmond said she had concerns about the support levels for children next year, which were still unknown.
"If you have a larger class, but you also don't have those smaller programs - such as literacy and numeracy - it is going to make it very difficult for the students and for the teacher."