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Supporting kids with Send is expensive. But the cost of not doing so is far greater

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 27, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Carrie Grant is a TV presenter and voice coach and a parent of four children with special educational needs. She discusses how Education, health and care plans have been invaluable for her children.

Meet the acrobat making aerial skills accessible

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 25, 2025 | Parents & Carers

The director of a community circus skills provider aims to break down the financial and physical barriers to take part in her sessions. Adele Cliffe from Kinetic Heights CIC has run free workshops with specialised equipment throughout the summer. Her team of...

‘Intrinsically connected’: how human neurodiversity could help save nature

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 22, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Biodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness. Across Britain, 15% of people are thought to be neurodivergent. In the process of writing Neurodivergent, By Nature, Harkness discovered that...

Dudley mum of sons with autism hospitalised due to fears of losing disability PIP funding

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 20, 2025 | Parents & Carers

A mother with two sons with autism has said the government’s planned welfare changes would devastate her family’s future. Lorraine Griffin, from Dudley, relies on the Disability Living Allowance for her boys, Sam and Ben, aged 12 and 13.

New research reveals emotional burden of school on neurodivergent adolescents

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 18, 2025 | Parents & Carers

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with Anna Freud and University College London, has found that negative school experiences generate twice the emotional burden in autistic and...
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