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December briefing: ALLFIE’s response to the London Borough of Newham’s plan to open a new segregated school, plus a call to action!

Do you have something to say about your experience with mainstream schooling? ALLFIE wants to hear from Black and global majority Disabled children and their parents.

By Kariima Ali, ALLFIE’s Social Value in Education Researcher.

In this blog I stress the importance of thinking with intersectionality when challenging ongoing inequalities and injustices experienced by Disabled people within the education system. In particular, how the intersections of ableism/disablism, racism and other intersectional oppressions play out in practice which further increases social injustice in other areas of society.

This policy briefing is from the Disabled People’s Organisations Forum – a coalition of 40 Deaf and Disabled people’s led organisations, including ALLFIE. 
Call to Action: Email your MP before Thursday’s budget, asking them to reject austerity and protect Disabled lives.

ALLFIE’s latest SEND Review campaign briefing includes a useful guide for answering the Government consultation survey.

Welcome to our latest campaign briefing, covering: News about the consultation timeframe and publication of accessible formats; What ALLFIE’s doing; Get involved – complete our inclusive education survey

ALLFIE is gathering evidence from Disabled students and their allies, for our submission to the Government’s SEND Review open consultation: right support, right place, right time. This briefing from our Campaigns and Policy Coordinator provides the latest news, plus how to have your say.

ALLFIE’s highly critical response to the SEND Review Green Paper, published by the UK Government on 29th March. Plus, what’s next? Join our open consultation campaign.

Government recommends sections of the Coronavirus Act 2021 are expired, including Children and Families Act easements.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, ALLFIE launched ‘Our Voice’ project, to listen to Disabled Young people’s voices and address their education concerns. Armineh Soorenian, Project Coordinator, reports back on key take away messages, including isolation and intersectional exclusion.

ALLFIE’s Campaigns and Policy Coordinator, Simone Aspis, on how UK Government’s National Disability Strategy, released today, will do nothing to tackle the on-going onslaught attack on Disabled people’s rights.

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