
Students with neuropsychiatric conditions are struggling to graduate from Swedish compulsory education. Credit: JESSICA GOW / TT
EDUCATION
Young people with diagnoses struggling to make it to high school
A third of all students with neuropsychiatric conditions like autism or ADHD are not passing Swedish basic education.
It means they cannot continue studying at high school level, known as ”gymnasium” in Swedish.
Lotta Borg Skoglund, a doctor specialised in children's health, says it's something she observes every day in her work.