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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...

Rapper Giggs releases song with son after opening up about autism

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 15, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Rapper Giggs and his son ML have dropped a new track together that touches on their experiences of autism. The pair say Own Motion, a remix of a song originally written and and released by ML, explores themes of struggling to fit in and having to do things...

Five-year-olds in England with special educational needs 20 months behind peers

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 13, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Five-year-olds with special educational needs in England are lagging a record 20 months behind their peers, according to a report that says the country’s youngest learners face a “deepening crisis”, five years after the pandemic.

Is government ‘sitting on’ damning report into learning disabled people’s deaths?

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 11, 2025 | Parents & Carers

The health secretary is under growing pressure to release a long-delayed report into the deaths of learning disabled and autistic people in England. Campaigners and bereaved families are demanding answers over the LeDeR report, which examined how and why some of...

Parents and teachers: tell us your views on changes to special education needs support in England, says The Guardian

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 8, 2025 | Parents & Carers

The government is facing another political battle as backbench MPs, campaigners and parents have voiced concern at plans to overhaul support in England for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (Send).

Disabled Children’s Partnership outlines its vision for a reformed education system for children with SEND

by Charlotte Dolman | Aug 6, 2025 | Parents & Carers

The report follows weeks of speculation about whether the Department for Education (DfE), as part of its planned Schools White Paper due for publication in September, will remove the right to an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for children attending mainstream...
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