School was “hell” for Benjamin Morgan-Jones and his wife Lowri. The couple, both 26, struggled with undiagnosed autism, were bullied and didn’t get all the academic support they needed.
Benjamin’s parents were told he had “learning delay” when he was at primary and it was not until the age of 14 that he was diagnosed with Asperger’s, a form of autism. Even then he didn’t get the help he needed and said he didn’t not do as well academically as he was could.
Benjamin, who left school with just two GCSES, re-sat exams at college and went on to get a first class education and childhood studies degree. He hopes schools are more autism aware now, but fears they are not.
