Inclusion Now magazine

Inclusion Now 48 Autumn 2017

Anti-bullying month, inclusion in Wales, how Sterre got her Duke of Edinburgh award, the UN condemns the UK record on disability rights and more…

cover of Inclusion Now 48: a young disabled woman clutches her Duke of Edinburgh award certificate outside Buckingham Palace and smiles towards the sky

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Inclusion Now 48

Editorial

Welcome to October’s edition of Inclusion Now, packed with a range of informative and thought provoking items.

Inclusion – a Welsh perspective

Tara Flood talks to Adele Rose-Morgan about life with her young son, Rhys

Cressex School, a cooperative ethos

ALLFIE’s chair Navin visits the High Wycombe school

Sterre goes for gold

Disability accessibility and the Duke of Edinburgh Award – a young Disabled woman talks about her experiences

A “Human catastrophe”: UN critical of UK government approach to disabled people

For the last few years it has felt at times like we have been bashing our heads against a very strong and hostile government brick wall determined to drown out the voice of the inclusive education movement, with government rhetoric about parental “choice” and raising academic standards.

Fair funding – the Hackney experience

Headteachers are being forced to implement school cuts in England, the bulk of which will hit school support for disabled pupils and those with SEN, behaviour support workers, teaching assistants and individual support teachers, damaging the chances of successful inclusion.

Disablist bullying – the UN has spoken, but what now?

At the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) we were delighted to see that the United Nations recognises the significantly high levels of bullying that disabled children and young people and those with SEN experience at schools in the UK.

Disability and Art

The theme of this year’s Disability History Month

Legal Question

Q: I have been in touch with my local authority seeking an Education, Health and Care Plan assessment for my child, but they say their eligibility criteria for EHCP assessments do not include my child’s impairment and even if it did we would have to wait until April 2018 for the start of the new […]

“A society where everyone matters”

Christine Lenehan, Chair of the Council for Disabled Children, talked to Jess and Yewande from ALLFIE about her review of residential special schools.