It’s HERE! Today we’re launching our Christmas GIVEAWAY — to donate Amazon vouchers worth £20 each to families of children with SEND. This year, we’ve also extended the giveaway to …
Have you ever been reading something and thought, “It would be so much easier just to talk to this person and ask them questions”? That was me at the start …
If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), were you offered a personal budget? Were you told during the assessment that they wouldn’t qualify for one? Or …
We (Zoe and Philip) are a Mum and son team who’ve been around the block a few times in terms of fighting our corner to get Philip the health, education …
Over the weekend, the County Councils Network (CCN) issued a report on the spiralling costs of home-to-school transport, including the costs of transporting children and young people with special educational …
UK Disability History Month runs from 16th November to 16th December 2023. UKDHM is now in its 14th year. This year’s theme is Disability, Childhood and Youth, which will be …
by Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello There is considerable evidence to suggest that increasing numbers of parents are experiencing allegations that they have fabricated or actually induced …
with Catherine McCloud MBE, CEO, Dingley’s Promise SEND in the early years has historically been much neglected in SEND. The Government’s Change Programme has plans for Level 3 (A-Level equivalent) …
A few weeks ago, Education Minister Gillian Keegan described the English SEND system as “lose, lose, lose.” Plenty of people reading this will agree. But there are organisations in SEND …
For the last few years, we have run a Christmas giveaway offering Amazon vouchers to families in need of a Christmas treat. We’re delighted to say that we are doing …
with Beckie, parent of a disabled child and qualified solicitor Parents of children born in the summer months sometimes feel their child isn’t ready to start school at what may …
The SEND Improvement Plan was published earlier this year. We’ve covered this many times but today we’re going to look at the risks it faces. We hope the Department for …
With Adam Millichip, Tettenhall Wood School, Wolverhampton Podcasts are having a moment right now — even we have one. We talk about SEND of course, but if you wanted to …
I recently wrote a post following a case, supported by the EHRC, of a family who were determined to prove their child was the victim of disability discrimination in school. …
With Amanda Allard, Director, Council for Disabled Children You may have seen from our recent podcast with Dame Christine Lenehan, that there is a new director at the help of …
By Alyson Mountjoy founder and Chair of APD Support UK What is a hearing problem that affects people who may have perfect hearing, especially if they are autistic or have dyslexia? …
with Sam Bowen, parent carer During the summer, we ran an article from Scope about surveying your local playgrounds for accessibility. Their survey is still running, so you can still …
with Lucie Chiocchetti, Communications Officer, Internships Work, NDTi. We’ve run a few stories on supported internships in the past, but they are still very under-used across England for young people …
While the Department for Education is busy “monitoring critics of government policy” (how do they have time for anything else?) we would like to ask you to do some monitoring …
After our articles on Matt’s discovery of the apparent 20% cuts targeted for EHCPs for local authorities in the Government’s “Delivering Better Value” in SEND programme, we were contacted by …
