Inclusion Now magazine

Inclusion Now 70 | Autumn 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of Inclusion Now magazine, inclusive education news including a tribute to Micheline Mason, inclusive practice from Mel Ainscow, SEND crisis updates from the ALLFIE team, and more.

Welcome to the 70th edition of Inclusion Now magazine. Text and audio versions are in the articles below, or you can read it in magazine format on Issuu.

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Editorial

By Edmore Masendeke, ALLFIE’s Policy & Research Lead

Micheline Mason and the Struggle for Inclusive Education and Disability Rights

“Micheline, 73, was a major leader in the Disability Movement and a brilliant thinker, taking our Movement forward, especially the struggle for Inclusive Education, in a series of quantum moves.” By Richard Rieser, friend, collaborator and comrade.

Where next for inclusive education?

By Mel Ainscow, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Manchester.

Alternatives to Post-16 Specialist Residential Educational Settings

By Sharon Smith, Mother & Researcher

Reflections on 100 Days of Labour: Has the Labour Government done anything to fix the SEND Crisis?

By Dr Edmore Masendeke, ALLFIE’s Policy and Research Lead

How the language of SEND has devalued education

My name is Yewande Akintelu-Omoniyi, I am ALLFIE’s Our Voice Youth Project Co Lead. In this article, I will be examining the language of SEND.

What is an EHCP?

By ALLFIE’s Melody Powell, Social Media Co-Lead, and Sharon Smith, Mother and PhD researcher

The Crisis in the SEND System in England: A Call for Urgent Overhaul

By Iyiola Olafimihan, ALLFIE’s Campaigns and Justice Lead

Inclusive Education in English County Councils and Local Government Association

In July 2024, ISOS Partnership published its report, ‘Towards an Effective and Financially Sustainable Approach to SEND in England’. Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion, asks: Should the new UK Government be following this advice or going a different route to achieve its stated aim of ‘more inclusive education’?

UK Disability History Month 2024

This year Disability History Month runs from 14th November to 20th December 2024. The theme is Disability, Employment & Livelihood.

Legal Question

This legal question was posed by ALLFIE’s Michelle Daley and Catherine Bebbington. It was answered by Beverley Simpson and Lucy Atherton, Simpson Millar Solicitors.