In theory I don't agree with the concept at all. I've just heard on the news they are going to grass the area and upgrade it by next week.
As an aside, there is a part of me that would have loved to have had a little haven like that seperate from the mayhem. Especially in the very early years in school....then I discovered the library and it kind of gave me time out if I needed it.
So they intend to keep the cage for their autistic children, but make it a little more comfortable?
I wonder why they don't just fence in the whole playground for all the kids, then they wouldn't be discriminating against anyone and their so-called "safety" concerns would be addressed, especially if the staff watch their special needs children more closely instead of hovering at the edge of the playground in a gaggle, gossiping with one another.
My daughter was essentially locked in a room the size of a closet most of the day at her original elementary school close to our home, which is part of the reason she doesn't attend that school anymore.
Her current school, which is for autistic children, does have the entire playground fenced with a six foot tall sturdy wooden fence, but there are a few children who have bounded over the fence and "eloped" as the staff call it, and they had to chase them down the street and catch them.