Listen to the audio version
Inclusion Now 48
Welcome to Inclusion Now 48. Read it as a pdf using this widget or click on the articles below for the text version.
Inclusion Now 48
Welcome to October’s edition of Inclusion Now, packed with a range of informative and thought provoking items.
Tara Flood talks to Adele Rose-Morgan about life with her young son, Rhys
ALLFIE’s chair Navin visits the High Wycombe school
Disability accessibility and the Duke of Edinburgh Award – a young Disabled woman talks about her experiences
For the last few years it has felt at times like we have been bashing our heads against a very strong and hostile government brick wall determined to drown out the voice of the inclusive education movement, with government rhetoric about parental “choice” and raising academic standards.
Headteachers are being forced to implement school cuts in England, the bulk of which will hit school support for disabled pupils and those with SEN, behaviour support workers, teaching assistants and individual support teachers, damaging the chances of successful inclusion.
At the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) we were delighted to see that the United Nations recognises the significantly high levels of bullying that disabled children and young people and those with SEN experience at schools in the UK.
The theme of this year’s Disability History Month
Q: I have been in touch with my local authority seeking an Education, Health and Care Plan assessment for my child, but they say their eligibility criteria for EHCP assessments do not include my child’s impairment and even if it did we would have to wait until April 2018 for the start of the new […]
Christine Lenehan, Chair of the Council for Disabled Children, talked to Jess and Yewande from ALLFIE about her review of residential special schools.