Inclusion Now 73 | Autumn 2025

Welcome to the 73rd edition of Inclusion Now magazine, inclusive education news including on an Inclusive Education act, Disability History Month 2025, additionally resourced schools, eugenics in education, and more.

Inclusion Now 73 cover, with the slogan: A Voice for the Inclusion Movement in the UK. The cover image shows a school classroom in which a student and teacher are using a touch screen to communicate, to illustrate an article on students who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

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Editorial

Welcome to Inclusion Now 73

Inclusively Bright: How to Achieve an Inclusive Education Act

Article compiled by Stephen Hodgkins, on behalf of The Coalition for Inclusive Education.

ALLFIE and the Coalition for Inclusive Education – Crippen Cartoon

A bright cartoon from crippencartoons.com titled ‘ALLFIE & The Coalition for Inclusive Education’.

UK Disability History Month 2025: Disability, Life and Death

By Richard Rieser, UK Disability Month Coordinator

The Future of Provision for Students who rely on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Marion Stanton, Head of Education at Communication and Learning Enterprises Limited (CandLE), presents case studies of students who use AAC, showing how personalised adaptations can enhance access to education.

Additionally Resourced Schools as Part of the Government’s Strategy to Create More Inclusion

By Linda Jordan, Senior Development Adviser at National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi).

How Eugenics Shaped the Logic of Disability in Education

Nazlin Bhimani, Research Support & Special Collections Librarian at University College London (UCL), examines how early 20th century eugenic principles influenced educational policy and teacher training, embedding exclusionary practices that continue to marginalise Disabled children in mainstream education today.

Developing Inclusive Education in the Caribbean

October 2025 witnessed a focus on Disability Rights and developing Inclusive Education in the Caribbean. Richard Rieser reports back.

Legal Question

This legal question was posed by Edmore Masendeke, Richard Rieser and Michelle Daley, and was answered by Rachel Scales from Simpson Millar Solicitors.

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