Peer Support and School Refusal

Silke Ena is a 25 year old Danish autistic woman who works as a peer support worker at the Center for School Refusal Behaviour, a specialised unit for kids with complex school refusal difficulties in Denmark, many of whom are autistic. Her personal experience with school refusal in her youth allows her to help students in a unique way compared to other professionals in the center. Silke spends a lot of her free time writing about autism on her website and on social media, where she has more than 12,000 followers across Linkedin, Instagram and Facebook. She’s also engaged in Danish political discussions about autism and fights for better rights for autistic people in Denmark.