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Is government ‘sitting on’ damning report into learning disabled people’s deaths?
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 society’s most vulnerable people die decades earlier than the general population.
Parents and teachers: tell us your views on changes to special education needs support in England, says The Guardian
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
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 schools.
Grey-Thompson humiliated by blame for flight delay
After the late departure of a flight was blamed on her, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has described how humiliated she felt. While it was not her fault, she said the captain announced the delay in leaving was “because of the wheelchair”.
Newlife charity in BBC Radio 4 appeal to help more children like Bobby
An eight-year-old boy from the West Midlands who is unable to walk after being born with spinal cord injury is featured on a BBC Radio 4 Appeal this week to raise funds for Newlife, The Charity for Disabled Children, which recently provided him with a specialist wheelchair.
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