INCLUSION VS.

EXCLUSION

Written by
MINOLI DE SILVA

[5AM Productions]
5amproductions247@gmail.com

Final Draft of Post-Shoot Script:

25th October 2014

VISUALS

SOUND

NARRATION/VOICEOVER (V/O)

FADE IN:
EXT. SECONDARY SCHOOL
PLAYGROUND - DAYTIME

Continuous
Ambient Sound

Students are outside:

chatting, playing football,
mingling.
GRAPHIC:
Show a map of the UK and the
figure 700,000

Of this number, 1 in 100

are children. The National
Autistic Society estimate
that as much as half of
these children are not in
schools which give them
required support.

GRAPHIC:
1 in 100 The 1 is
highlighted/a different
colour.
CAPTION:
Source The National
Autistic Society
INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM DAYTIME
Students are in lesson,
working: writing in books.

INT. MR. FOSTERS OFFICE DAYTIME

MR. FOSTER sitting down
INT. MS. TRAPPS OFFFICE DAYTIME
MS. TRAPP sitting down at a
desk

V/O
Autism is one of the
hardest conditions to
define due to its complex
and varied nature. As many
as 1 in 100 people in the
UK alone have autism:
thats approximately
700,000!

MUSIC:
Cheerful,
happy, upbeat
ukulele music

This documentary will be

investigating why
provisions for pupils with
autism are so scarce and
takes an in-depth look at
why more and more parents
are electing to remove
their children from
mainstream education in
favour of specialist
schools or even home
education.
We talk to the people on
the front-line of
education: the teachers and
pupils themselves and ask,
are pupils with autism
being excluded from
schools?

INT. LIVING AREA OF A

CARAVAN - DAYTIME
AARON sitting down on a sofa

TITLECARD:
Inclusion vs. Exclusion

GRAPHIC:
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
The A, S and D are
highlighted and the rest of
the words fade away leaving
the acronym on screen.

V/O:
Autism Spectrum Disorder,
or ASD, is a developmental
disorder which affects how
an individual communicates,
interacts socially and
their interests and
behaviour.

INT. LIVING AREA OF A

CARAVAN - DAYTIME
AARON sitting down on a sofa

AARON:
[How would you define
autism?]

INT. MS. TRAPPS OFFICE DAYTIME

MS. TRAPP sitting at a desk

MS. TRAPP:
[How would you define
autism?]

INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHTTIME

MR. LUPTON sitting down at a
dining table

MUSIC
(CONT.):
Cheerful,
happy, upbeat
ukulele music

MR. LUPTON:
[How would you define
autism?]

INT. AMBER RUDDS OFFICE DAYTIME

AMBER RUDD sitting at a desk

AMBER RUDD:
[How would you define
autism?]

INT. MR. FOSTERS OFFICE DAYTIME

MR. FOSTER sitting down

MR. FOSTER:
[How would you define
autism?]
V/O:
Aaron Sullivan is 18 years
old and lives Hastings with
parents, brothers and their
many pets.

EXT. WAR & PEACE FESTIVAL DAYTIME

AARON walking, looking at
the exhibits
AARON and MAGGIE looking at
a historical exhibition
together

INT. LIVING AREA OF A

CARAVAN - DAYTIME
AARON sitting down on a sofa

MUSIC
(CONT.):
Cheerful,
happy, upbeat

AARON:
[Where do you place on the
autistic spectrum?]
V/O:
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ukulele music
EXT. WAR & PEACE FESTIVAL DAYTIME
AARON taking photographs
INT. LIVING AREA OF A
CARAVAN - DAYTIME AARON on
his laptop

INT. LIVING AREA OF A

CARAVAN - DAYTIME
AARON sitting down on a sofa
INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM
DAYTIME
Teachers working with
students, talking and
helping them.

Aaron is currently in his

final year of college, but
outside of the classroom
has taken an active role in
advocating the rights for
those like him with ASD.
AARON:
[Why did you start the
campaign?]
V/O:
As well as raising
awareness, Aaron has been
involved in educating his
teachers and fellow pupils
about autism and how they
can create a positive and
supportive environment for
students like him to work
in.

INT. LIVING AREA OF A

CARAVAN - DAYTIME
AARON sitting down on a sofa

AARON:
[What have you done so far
with the campaign?]

INT. AMBER RUDDS OFFICE DAYTIME

AMBER RUDD sitting at a desk

AMBER RUDD:
[How did you get involved
in Aarons campaign?]

GRAPHIC: Pan - photo of

AMBER RUDD and AARON

EXT. WAR & PEACE FESTIVAL DAYTIME

AARON walking, looking at
the exhibits
INT. LIVING AREA OF A
CARAVAN - DAYTIME
AARON reading

INT. LIVING AREA OF A

CARAVAN - DAYTIME
AARON sitting down on a sofa

V/O:
While Aarons experience in
college and secondary
school have been
overwhelmingly positive, he
faced numerous difficulties
at his primary school. The
attitudes at this
MUSIC
particular school meant
(CONT.):
that they failed to
Cheerful,
recognise the fact that he
happy, upbeat
had Aspergers Syndrome.
ukulele music
AARON:
[Do you feel that you have
had a positive experience
in school?]
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INT. DINING AREA OF A

CARAVAN - NIGHTTIME
MAGGIE sitting down at a
dining table

MAGGIE:
[What difficulties did your
children face in school?]

GRAPHIC:
Show special educational
needs and highlight S,
E and N to form the
acronym. Them display coordinator on the end of
the highlighted SEN.

V/O:
Currently in England and
Wales pupils with autism
are categorised as children
with special educational
needs or SEN. Each school
has SEN-coordinator (or
SENCO) who oversees the
care and support for each
SEN student.

INT. MR. FOSTERS OFFICE DAYTIME

MR. FOSTER sitting down
INT. MS. TRAPPS OFFICE DAYTIME
MS. TRAPP sitting at a desk

INT. ACCESS CLASSROOM

DAYTIME
See teaching assistants
working with several SENstudents

GRAPHIC:
Show Children and Families
Act 2014
FADE TO:
Show statements and
replace text with single
assessment process and
highlight EHC

MUSIC
(CONT.):
Cheerful,
happy, upbeat
ukulele music

MR. FOSTER:
[What is your role in
school in regards to pupil
who have autism?]
MS. TRAPP:
[What support is available
in schools for teachers and
pupils?]
V/O:
While schools individually
may strive to support their
SEN students the current
arrangement means that
students are often unable
to gain the required
support and help within a
mainstream school
environment.

V/O:
However the Children and
Families Act 2014 passed in
MUSIC
March that came into force
(CONT.):
from this September
Cheerful,
simplifies the system and
happy, upbeat
replaces Statements of
ukulele music
Special Educational Needs
with a single assessment
process and an Education,
Health and Care Plan (EHC).
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INT. SCHOOL COORIDOOR DAYTIME

A very busy corridor,
students are in a rush to
get to lesson.
INT. STAFF ROOM DAYTIME
See teachers talking
together.

INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM

DAYTIME
Teachers helping students
with their work.
Some students are working
together in pairs, some are
just sitting there looking
uninterested.

The act also provides

statutory protection for
young people who are in
education or training up to
the age of 25 instead of
ending at 16. It places a
requirement on health
services and local
authorities to jointly
commission and plan
services for children,
young people and families.
V/O:
As a result the process for
supporting pupils with ASD
in theory is becoming
more streamlined. However
it remains to be seen
MUSIC
whether this legislation
(CONT.):
will be effectively adopted
Cheerful,
across mainstream schools
happy, upbeat
and if the number of
ukulele music students being shut out of
schools begins to decline.

CAPTION: END OF PART ONE.

FADE TO BLACK.
FADE IN:
TEXT:
In loving memory of Craig
Foster 1962 2014
Thanks for everything sir.
FADE OUT: