Inclusion Now 63 | Summer 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of Inclusion Now, inclusive education news including: SEND Review findings; Additional Learning Support in college; Covid-19 inclusive practice; Capacity building Disabled People’s Organisations + more

Inclusion Now Magazine Issue 63 Summer 2022 cover, with text: 'A Voice for the Inclusion Movement in the UK'

Welcome to the 63rd 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 Inclusion Now summer!

The Importance of Being Supportive

By Zanib Malik

Re-Empowerment, Education and Equality: SEND Review implications for Young people

Melody Powell led ALLFIE’s SEND Review consultation for Young Disabled people, and reports back on key changes to address inequality in education for Disabled children and Young people, as well as students with different intersectional identities.

A Conversation with Parents of Disabled Children

By Sharon Smith

SEND Review: Wrong support, wrong place, wrong time and wrong direction!

Navin Kikabhai, ALLFIE Chairperson, summarises SEND Review findings

Inclusive education during a pandemic: A collaboration between two countries

Dr Victoria Bamsey and Dr Suanne Gibson, lecturers at the University of Plymouth, explore the development, roll-out and impact of a new model of Inclusive Education (IE) practice they co-created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and consider what the new tool can add to the international debate.

Capacity Building DPOs: Inclusion Champions Report

This Inclusion Champions project report is an important resource for building capacity in Disabled Peoples’ Organisations (DPOs), as well as the wider inclusion movement.

SENDing us up?

SEND Review CRIPPEN cartoon, by Dave Lupton

Legal Question

This Legal Question was posed by ALLFIE’s Simone Aspis. It was answered by Lisa Morris, Trainee Solicitor, Education, supervised by Lucy Atherton at Simpson Millar Solicitors.

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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.