NSW Teacher’s Federation president Maurie Mulheron says Pauline Hanson made “not a syllable” of sense in her suggestion that children with disabilities were a strain on schools and teachers.
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“The comments were both vicious and ignorant,” Mr Mulheron said.
“It’s unacceptable in 2017 for anyone harbouring any position of responsibility to make such an ill-informed comment about kids with autism, or about any students with a disability.
“It was a completely and utterly incorrect statement.”
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said when teachers have to spend extra time on disabled children it is to the detriment of other students in the classroom.
Mr Mulheron wants to see her apologise for the comments.
“The very day she is saying children with autism do not deserve a place in our classrooms, she is voting in support of a bill that will pull $846 million out of all public schools over the next two years, including special schools,” he said. “She is condemning these kids... and at the same time reducing funding for them.”
