Inclusion Now 64 | Autumn 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of Inclusion Now magazine, inclusive education news including: A revolving door of Tory incompetence and inequality; The ‘institutional lie’ about cuts; Poverty, class, race and disability; Inclusive practice in Wales; Maresa MacKeith on Friendship; Disability History Month

UK Disability History Month 2022 Poster: A red heart on a yellow and grey background. The heart is broken. Lettering on the heart says 'Disability, Health and Well Being'. At the top in black letters: 'UK Disability History Month'. Beneath: ‘2022’ in red numbers on a yellow background, and beneath the heart on either side, ‘16th November' and '16th December'

Welcome to the 64th 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

“Recently we have been left with a revolving door feeling, as the different factions of the Tory Government pulled themselves apart. The irony is that whatever their level of competence they remain the Government of inequality, representing the interests of the rich”

Education professionals and the ‘institutional lie’ about cuts

Amelia McLoughlan, ALLFIE’s Policy and Research Officer, and Joe Whittaker, ALLFIE Trustee, look at the role of education professionals involved in the Education, Health and Care Plans process, and highlight how UK government education cuts are failing SEND learners – including from a human rights perspective under United Nations law.

Maresa MacKeith: “Friendship is fundamental to our humanity; friendship is the soil from which inclusion grows.”

Maresa is an Inclusion Now editorial board member and Quite Riot group member

Segregated Education: Linking poverty, class, race and disability

Lani Parker is Capacity Development Officer for the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE), and leads ALLFIE’s new Stronger Voices project.

Developing Disability Equality in Welsh Schools

Observations from the Pilot Project to bring Disability into the Curriculum for Wales. By Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion, and Kat Watkins, Disability Wales.

Disability, Health and Well Being: Disability History Month 2022

UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event which creates a platform to focus on the history of our fight for equality and human rights

Why Kids Miss School – BBC Panorama.

By Yewande Akintelu-Omoniyi, ALLFIE’s Office volunteer and Amelia McLoughlin, ALLFIE’s Policy and Research Officer

Legal Question

The legal question was answered by Alice Gough 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.