Welcome to the latest edition of Inclusion Now. As we head into spring there’s an air of positivity emerging from Young people’s Covid-19 education experiences. We are also delighted to celebrate International Women’s Day, by highlighting the voices of Young women writers within the Disability Movement.
This briefing is ALLFIE’s February inclusive education round-up, covering Coronavirus news for Disabled learners and ALLFIE’s work in 2021.
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To mark 30 years of campaigning for Disabled people’s education rights, ALLFIE hosted an online campaign ’30 years, 30 messages of inclusion’ in November. Highlights include these videos and blog articles.
ALLFIE’s Disabled Black Lives Matter pressure group reviews Steve McQueen’s new BBC film, highlighting the deep impact of systemic racism, disablism, intersectional and interlocking oppression in education.
To mark Disability History Month 2020, Yewande Omoniyi-Akintelu reviews Jess Starns’ research project 50 years on from the Education (handicapped children) Act, asking how inclusive do you feel the system is – what would your ideal school look like?
ALLFIE has responded to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on educational transitions for children and young people with SEND.
The Government is intending to consult on major reforms to the university admissions system. ALLFIE wants Disabled students views to inform our consultation response in the New Year.
Making Things Happen; Young Disabled people; amplifying their voices. Project summary report, August 2020.
Zahra Bei, No More Exclusions, shares one story of systemic disablism and racism children and families in Britain face daily – of structural oppression, struggle, solidarity and a rising collective resistance that must be told.
ALLFIE marks 30 years of campaigning alongside Disability History Month, with personal Inclusive Education histories – here’s Chloe McCollum’s story.
Find out how Disabled Young people are being empowered by ALLFIE’s capacity building work, as we celebrate ‘World’s Children’s Day’ on 20th November 2020.
Our oral history project on Disabled people’s experience of education over the last century, including schools resource packs and more.
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