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A new approach to area SEND inspections

by Michelle Lowe | Jun 27, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission want your views on proposed changes to the way they jointly inspect area SEND arrangements from 2023. Closing date Sunday 11 September.

Have you applied for travel assistance for September 2022?

by Michelle Lowe | Jun 24, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Home to School Travel Service is waiting on a large number of applications for travel assistance, which they must receive in order to have arrangements in place for September. You must apply for Home to School Travel Assistance if: Your child is moving from yr2 (an...

How the cost of living crisis is affecting disabled people seeking work

by Michelle Lowe | Jun 22, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Channel 4 has been speaking to the Department for Work and Pensions Minister Chloe Smith about the mounting pressures on people’s finances, and the disproportionate impact of inflation on more vulnerable people.

Less than 20 questions on disability asked at PMQs

by Michelle Lowe | Jun 20, 2022 | Parents & Carers

MPs have asked the prime minister fewer than 20 questions on subjects focused on disabled people and their rights in the last 18 months of prime minister’s questions (PMQs), Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Analysis of the questions asked in the last 50 PMQs,...

Just how long are disabled people waiting to have adaptations at home?

by Michelle Lowe | Jun 17, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Channel 4 and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism have been researching how long people are waiting for a disabled facilities grant to make adaptations to their homes. The findings show huge variations around the country – with a year’s wait for an initial...

Stroke survivor invents an award-winning dyslexic ruler reading aid

by Michelle Lowe | Jun 15, 2022 | Parents & Carers

PhD student and stroke survivor Bradley Cory has won the Best Eco-Friendly Inventor Entrepreneur Award at the SJL National Start-Up Business Awards for his design of an eco-friendly reading tool. It is a dyslexic ruler reading aid for people with learning...
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