#PIPconsultation : Wait...is this ANOTHER government disability consultation without accessible response options? AND you have to do the form in one go? They really don't understand disability—and they don't want to, they just want to stop paying benefits
gov.uk/government/con…

Good luck to everyone participating in the UK's first ever #PolandSyndrome Festival in Birmingham this weekend. Our family has a member affected by PS, a little known #raredisease , and @polandsyndromep do great work!
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NEW POST: Parent campaigners: We need to suspend the SEND Safety Valve programme: Rachel Filmer explains why, and how you can sign to help. specialneedsjungle.com/stop-safety-va…

Perfect chocolate malted milk biscuit holder .. or any biscuit really

Perhaps every primary school exclusion ought to trigger automatic consideration as to whether the school has breached Equality Act 2010 s 15 (discrimination arising from disability)

NEW POST: A giveaway today, and a review by SNJ’s @SusieLenihan of Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People with Learning Difficulties. A Guide for Educators, written by Kirstie Rees specialneedsjungle.com/review-mental-…

When you think you have seen it all, along comes something like this...

Don’t hear any solutions from him, just “shove them into AP” Nothing about early intervention to stop it getting that far to start with. These are small humans who’ve been failed—for many reasons, but failed nonetheless.

NEW Episode of SNJ in Conversation with part 1 of a series looking back at a decade of #SEND in the Children and Families Act. First up is @cyclingtheseaso, now of the Disabled Children's Partnership, but in 2012, he was the SEND man at Department for Education specialneedsjungle.com/children-and-f…
#CFA10yearson

Parents and carers 📢

Our legal team will be back on our Facebook page tomorrow for a special Q&A session! We’ll share a dedicated Q&A post in the morning where you can send us your questions.

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NEW POST: What would a well-functioning further education system for young people with SEND look like? Ruth Perry of Natspec explains what they’ve found and wants your suggestions (via form link in post) specialneedsjungle.com/well-functioni…

Interested in post-education opportunities for young people with SEN/disabilities? Get involved in a research study! Check out the details here: specialneedsjungle.com/whats-there-yo… #SpecialNeeds #ResearchOpportunity

I'm increasingly tired of LAs who think they are legally permitted to delay urgent provision with bureaucracy - e.g. LA demanding recommendations from 2 different panels that each sit only once a month before it will think about s19 education for child unable to attend school.

NEW POST: #ADHD medication shortages are impacting the learning of pupils affected. These charities are offering schools inclusive strategies to help: specialneedsjungle.com/adhd-meds-shor…

If unpaid carers are going to be prosecuted, who’s going to investigate the government for paying under the min wage to unpaid carers and loss of earnings for their life sacrifice? Saving them 168 billion a year and they are penny pinching. Who’s the criminal?

Here's one we prepared earlier: #SEND parenting: Love, determination, fury, and a journey in discovering just how resilient you are and how much you can take to support your child specialneedsjungle.com/special-needs-…

Have you read Tania Tirraoro FRSA - Special Needs Jungle Special Needs Jungle article on further education options for young people in the latest issue of In Focus magazine? bit.ly/3vLI316

#FurtherEducation #InclusiveEducation #LearningDisabilities