The School Can't Experience
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Hard Doesn't Mean Wrong: Rethinking Parental Stress with Jackie Hall - Listener Favourite
October 5, 2026 · 38 minThis week we're revisiting our conversation with Jackie Hall, first released as Episode 13. Since we recorded this conversation, Jackie has made her programs available free of charge. That includes a nine week autism parenting program, and…
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Two Sides of the School Can't - Simone & Yani's Lived Experience - Listener Favourite
September 28, 2026 · 43 minWe're taking a short break over the school holidays, so this week we're revisiting one of our most special episodes from the archive, the first time we've ever had a parent and their young person on the podcast together. Simone and Yani…
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#74 - School Can’t is not a Choice with Raechel Smart
September 21, 2026 · 43 minRaechel Smart is a former primary school teacher, a parent to three neurodivergent children who has navigated years of school non-attendance from the other side of the fence, and is now completing her PhD on school non-attendance in…
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#73 - Stop Fixing the Kids, Fix the Conditions with Dr Shelley Moore
September 14, 2026 · 40 minDr Shelley Moore is one of the most widely cited voices in inclusive education, working with schools, organisations, and jurisdictions around the world on how to make education genuinely accessible for all students. She also hated school…
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#72 - When Distress Looks Like Violence with Yellow Lady Bugs’ Katie & Natasha
September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minContent warning: This episode contains discussion of physical and verbal aggression directed at parents and caregivers by young people in acute distress, including descriptions of property damage, physical assault, and extreme verbal…
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#71 - I Was Failing Him by Sending Him to School, Tammie's Lived Experience
August 31, 2026 · 43 minContent warning: Tammie briefly mentions suicidal ideation in this episode. We also discuss instances of violent behaviour stemming from dysregulation and overwhelm. Tammie is a School Can't mum raising an autistic son in rural Victoria…
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#70 - Your PDA Questions Answered with Kristy Forbes
August 24, 2026 · 1 hr 12 minKristy Forbes is a neurodiversity advocate, former classroom teacher, PDAer herself, and parent of four PDAers. She's also a School Can't kid — she left school at 15 — who has since built an internationally recognised body of work…
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#69 - Pete Wharmby on How Schools Can Help Our Autistic School Children Thrive
August 17, 2026 · 48 minPete Wharmby is a neurodiversity advocate, autistic adult, and former English teacher in the UK. He brings a perspective that's genuinely rare in this space: he's been on both sides of the classroom, as a student who masked his way through…