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Skills for work, skills for life at Derby’s new SEND hub

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

Derby City Council’s new Skills Centre at Friar Gate Studios has been launched. The vibrant new facility is designed to empower young people and families living with special educational needs and disability (SEND) to live their best life, through skills, training,...

‘Repugnant’: Do-not-resuscitate orders being given to learning disabled people without consent

by Charlotte Dolman | Dec 5, 2025 | Parents & Carers

The health secretary has vowed to “put a stop” to the practice of NHS doctors giving people with learning disabilities automatic do-not-resuscitate orders, following an ITV News investigation. Wes Streeting said it was “repugnant and immoral” that learning disabled...

Some schools in England taking up to six times more special needs pupils than others

by Charlotte Dolman | Dec 3, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Schools in England are steering away children with special needs, leading some to have six times as many pupils requiring learning or behaviour support compared with others, according to research.

‘My son, 4, has childhood dementia – I’m heartbroken’

by Charlotte Dolman | Dec 1, 2025 | Parents & Carers

The mother of a four-year-old boy has said her “heart is broken” after he was diagnosed with a form of childhood dementia. Tammy McDaid, from Swansea, said her son Tate has Sanfilippo Syndrome and is not expected to survive to adulthood.

‘It felt like they had given up on me’: What life is like for people with a learning disability

by Charlotte Dolman | Nov 28, 2025 | Parents & Carers

People with a learning disability are often ignored, dismissed, undervalued and underestimated. But what is day-to-day life like for people with a learning disability today, and what should the government be doing to improve their lives?

Call to create official register of assistance dogs

by Charlotte Dolman | Nov 26, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Groups representing assistance dog users are calling for “stronger legal protections” to protect disabled people who say they are being discriminated against in public spaces. Campaigners, lead by Assistance Dogs UK (ADUK), say they are often refused...
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