Inclusion Now 60 Autumn 2021

Welcome to the latest Inclusion Now, topical inclusive education articles: Judy Heumann; Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson; educational inclusion struggles in UK Gypsy Traveller community; UK Disability History Month + more!

Welcome to the 60th 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 Mike Lambert, ALLFIE Trustee and member of the Editorial Board

Judy Heumann: “The battle is so much bigger than we thought it was. Unless all Disabled people are liberated, none of us can be liberated.”

By Micheline Mason, Michelle Daley and Melody Powell

‘Our Voice’ Project Participants interview Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.

On the 13th of September 2021, ‘Our Voice’ project members Tasnim Hassan, Melody Powell, Matthew Smith and Samuel Bartley had the fantastic opportunity to interview Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Making a Difference in schools for Gypsy and Traveller Children and Young People

By Billie Dolling. Billie is a Training and Development Officer at Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) which is a national charity that works on behalf of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

UKDHM this autumn tackles two persistent misconceptions about Disabled people:

• Disabled people are not capable of full range of relationships and sexuality!
• Those with hidden impairments aren’t really Disabled people!
By Richard Rieser, Coordinator UKDHM

Inclusive Education and inclusive society – A fundamental rethink and the role of academics.

Louise Arnold, Senior Lecturer in the Early Childhood and Education department at the University of East London, asks: Has the UK government made inclusive education and movement towards inclusive societies a priority?

Legal Question

“My grandson, Nadeem, is living with me. His mum is a single parent and currently detained in a long stay hospital with mental health issues. Nadeem is struggling in school with serious ‘school phobia’ and wants to learn remotely, at home, until he feels more in control of his anxiety. Our Local Authority has turned down my request for an EHC assessment and plan, that would include SEND provision to be arranged remotely from where Nadeem’s living. I have requested remote education and regular support for Nadeem, from an education psychologist and mental health team. As his mother is on a Mental Health Act Section 3, and struggling with her own mental health, what rights do I or Nadeem have to make a statutory appeal to tribunal, with some urgency? We do not know if or when Nadeem will be in a position to submit an SENDIST application. What can I do as his grandmother to support him?”

Supported by

ALLFIE’s campaign for Inclusive Education as a human right is backed by funders and donors who reject the systemic segregation of Disabled people from society.