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Three disabled people’s organisations have asked the education secretary why he is refusing to scrap controversial measures that handed him the power to restrict disabled children’s right to education. Ministers insist that the powers, which were introduced a year ago through […]
The government is to abandon measures that ran “a coach and horses” through the right to social care during the pandemic, but similar restrictions imposed on disabled young people’s right to education are set to remain. The measures were all part […]
An ombudsman has “strongly criticised” a local council’s children’s services provider for failing to provide educational support to three disabled children. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said there was also cause for concern about “systemic failures” between Richmond council […]
A disabled campaigner has called for a “sham” inquiry by MPs into the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system to be halted until it agrees to address the increased levels of segregation of disabled students and cuts to their support. […]
Campaigners are “deeply concerned” that the launch of a new parliamentary inquiry into the educational support provided for disabled children and young people failed to mention inclusive education. The inquiry by the Commons education select committee will investigate the impact of […]
A local authority is facing claims that it is breaching the rights of disabled teenagers by denying them the support they need as they prepare for the transition to adulthood. The claims come from the grandmother of a disabled teenager, after […]
A high court ruling has raised new concerns about how disabled people will be affected by the combination of three major government reforms of social care, and the funding crisis facing local authorities. Two disabled children, known as L and P, […]