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Sophie Morgan’s Fight to Fly review – the degradation of disabled people is jaw-dropping
From the women manhandled out of their wheelchairs to the man forced to drag himself along a plane floor, this searing documentary is packed with horrors that will be painfully familiar to many people with disabilities.
Sign language app trial for train passengers
An app immediately translating train announcements into British Sign Language has been launched. South Western Railway is trialing ‘Signapse’, which uses AI generated images to deliver information to deaf passengers.
Building good parental relationships is the key to fixing SEND
Special Needs Jungle is in conversation with Brian Lamb OBE, a stalwart proponent of effective parental engagement being central to making SEND work well in schools and strategically in LAs.
Matt Haig on his new book, mental health, and social media
NHS 111 is now offering mental health support to adults and children. People in England calling the helpline can now select a mental health option to speak to a trained professional, who will give them urgent help or guide them to other services.
Wheelchair user told he cannot have college place as council has not sorted SEND funding in time
A Wheelchair Motocross World Champion has been told he cannot take up his place at college because the paperwork for his special educational needs funding is not in place. Tomas Woods, 16, has additional needs and requires a special educational health and care plan to fund his extra requirements. But despite his family submitting all the forms needed in plenty of time, Lancashire County Council has not finalised his funding.
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