Where is the Best Accessible Museum for Children? Vote now!
With Alison Bowyer, Executive Director, Kids in Museums Accessibility is crucial when you’re looking for a good day out with someone who has a disability. If you’ve found such a …
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Helping Businesses Become More Inclusive with SEND Session Guides
with Dan Hughes I don’t think that there are many people reading this that would argue that inclusivity isn’t beneficial to everyone, but sometimes being exclusive is the best way …
UK Disability History Month – How far have we still got to go?
Renata writes: Some of us will be old enough to remember when hundreds of disabled people took to the streets in the 1990s, chaining themselves to public transport and having …
UK holiday attractions: Gold stars or banana skins for accessibility?
Now that we’ve saved goodbye to the summer holidays, I was interested to know which UK attractions parents of disabled children had found to be disability-friendly. I asked on our …
Fighting for my disabled child’s right to summer fun
Tania’s note: Today we’re welcoming a new columnist to SNJ, Catriona Moore. Catriona is the parent of a child with complex needs from the rare disease, Rett Syndrome. She works …
Exam Access Arrangements: what are they and who gets them?
It’s that time again when students anxiously await their exam results. We all hope for good passes all round, but not every student will have achieved the grades they’d hoped …
How do Apprenticeships support young people with SEN?
Only 6% of people with learning difficulties are currently in employment. No, I didn’t make that shocking figure up, it was mentioned in the announcement of a new government ‘Taskforce’ to help …
Help me get supermarkets to stock nappies big enough for Brody
When your child has a disability that has made potty training an impossibility, you are left with a growing dilemma – finding nappies that fit your child. Nipping down to …
A labour of love to create an accessible Algarve holiday centre
One of the many challenges that parents and carers of children with disabilities and/or special educational needs face is finding suitable places to take a break and go on holiday. …
The holiday farm that’s accessible for everyone whatever your disability
The Papworth Trust helps to support people with disabilities live their lives to the full. Today we’re helping them tell everyone that their accessible holiday farm, Kerry Farm in West …
Air travel with children who need special assistance
If you have ever entered an airport with any child, let alone one with special needs, you will know the stress and anxiety the whole experience can bring. One bad …
Stress-free Holiday Tips: Planning travel with special needs children
It’s that time of year when Christmas seems a distant expensive memory and the days are temptingly beginning to draw out. Yet we still have months of damp and cold …
Charlie’s farm project to create accessible holidays in Devon
Our columnist Charlie Mead has been quiet of late. I sometimes see Facebook posts of him at various locations around the world, enjoying himself, often on golf courses. You would …