Inclusion Now 59 Summer 2021

Welcome to the latest edition, packed with inclusive education news: Steve McQueen DBLM interview; Young people’s COVID-19 education; Q&A: Olivia Blake MP, SEND APPG Chair; Disabled Women on the Frontline event; SEND Review + more!

Portrait of Sir Steve McQueen, by John Russo. A head and shoulders shot, he is wearing glasses and staring directly into the camera lens, with a serious expression, alongside his article quote: "We want meaningful change - so let's get on with it." Credit: John Russo

Welcome to the 59th 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

Welcome to the summer Inclusion Now magazine. As ever, these pages are filled with informative and thought-provoking news items about inclusive education.

Steve McQueen: “We want meaningful change – so, let’s get on with it.”

ALLFIE’s Disabled Black Lives Matter group interview with Small Axe film-maker

Our Voice is Being Heard

Project news from ALLFIE’s Armineh Soorenian, ‘Our Voice’ Project Leader

Returning to School After Lockdown

An interview with Kadijah Adam by ALLFIE’s Michelle Daley

Learning in Lockdown

Inclusion Now magazine hears from prominent Young disability rights campaigner, Daniel Jillings, about his experiences of COVID-19 learning.

Disabled people have a new advocate in the House of Commons

Q&A with Olivia Blake MP by Richard Rieser

Reflections on ‘Disabled Women on the Frontline’: An International Women’s Day Event

By Yewande Omoniyi-Akintelu, ALLFIE Office Volunteer

Forward to Inclusion or ‘Back’ to Segregation: UK Government SEND Review for England

“A whole generation is being let down as there is not sufficient support, or sufficient emphasis on enabling them to achieve their hopes and dreams”
By Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion

Legal Question

“I am an 18-year-old student who has received my A-Level results, and am unhappy with the final grades awarded by my teachers. I feel the teachers underestimated my ability, based on their perception of my impairment, which is discriminatory. I know if I’d had the opportunity to sit the A-Level examinations, I would have achieved higher grades and secured my university place on a dream course. I want my A-Level grades to reflect my ability, what should I do?”

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