Inclusion Now 68 | Spring 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of Inclusion Now magazine, inclusive education news including ALLFIE’s campaign to end segregation in residential educational settings, omission of telepresence robots in DfE guidance, Australia and Ireland’s progress towards inclusion in education, improving EHCPs, and more.

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Welcome to the 68th 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 Sharon Smith, Parent, PhD Researcher and Editorial Board member

Lucy Wing: “I will not give up until all Disabled children, my siblings, are free from torture”

In December 2023, a collective of Disabled People’s Organisations and allies took the “End Torture of Disabled people” campaign to Parliament. This collective campaign aims to end the segregation of Young Disabled people in UK educational residential settings, where abuse is rife and private companies profit.

Nothing on Telepresence Robots in DfE’s latest Guidance on Education for Out of School Children

By Edmore Masendeke, ALLFIE’s Policy and Research Officer

Green Shoots of Inclusion in Australia and Ireland

By Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion

How might Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs) be improved?

By Sharon Smith, Parent and PhD Researcher, and Michelle Daley, ALLFIE Director

Report on being a Disabled youth delegate to Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting

Saista Parwin, from India, had the opportunity as the representative of Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum (CDPF) to be the Youth representative at the 13th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting in London, September 2023. She reports back to Inclusion Now.

Chasing My Childhood Dream: Shedding Light on the Barriers in the Ugandan Education System

By Kihembo Wilbert, Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum (CDPF) Youth Representative and Executive Director of the Voice of the Youth with Disabilities (VYD) organization, Uganda

Origins of 1970 (Handicapped Children) Education Act

By Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion

Legal Question

This legal question was posed by ALLFIE’s Michelle Daley and answered by Bethany Parr, Simpson Millar Solicitors

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.