Latest News for Parents & Carers

Derby Healthcare Trust has a new website, to keep contacts as paper light as possible. So most of the information previously given to you will be online. There is also general advice, contact numbers for support locally and nationally and an up-to-date clinic list that will be updated with changes.

You may have seen this on the news last week but if not, read this uplifting article about a girl whose parents were told she may never walk has managed the feat on her first day at school.

The UK’s largest coach operator, National Express, is strengthening its commitment to create an accessible service inclusive of all customers and their needs by becoming an official Member of Business Disability Forum, the leading not-for-profit, business and disability organisation.

Ethan Shallcross, an 18-year-old software developer with autism, has created an iOS app called Amuni to help those on the autistic spectrum in their day-to-day lives. Ethan, who is from Torquay, developed Aumi to enable people to manage their anxiety, monitor their mental health and reduce burnout. You can read more here.

IPSEA is frequently contacted by parents facing difficulties with home-to-school transport. The law in this area is quite complicated and there is a lot of confusion around what a local authority’s duties are. There is more detail about this in IPSEA’s information on home to school transport page.