Would provision for children and young people with SEND be different under a Labour government? ipsea.org.uk/blog/would-pro…

Can anyone who’s had one of these letters ( particularly in the South West) contact me? I’ve a TV reporter wanting to speak to you! Tia ⬇️⬇️

Finding childcare - and the other support their children need - is even harder for mothers of disabled children. Our #FailedandForgotten report in March found that three quarters of parents of disabled children had had to give up work or whole careers because of lack of support.

The council found my daughter a school – her wheelchair didn't fit in corridors | UK News | Metro News metro.co.uk/2023/11/08/the…

No place to go: Special schools’ capacity crisis revealed schoolsweek.co.uk/no-place-to-go…

#Oliverscampaign I have given so much of myself to so many others. Now I really need your help The petition to have The Oliver McGowan training adapted for schools closes in 20 days All I am asking is for you to take 30 seconds to sign this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6390…

"Children with disabilities deserve to feel included and have access to the same activities as anybody else and if inclusion became the norm, disability would no longer be seen as a rarity." thestar.co.uk/news/people/mu…

Autistic people end up in mental health hospitals because they don't get the social care they need & end up in crisis, so: - they still don't get the care they need - they take up a bed - it costs more than the social care they needed in the 1st place. buff.ly/3T9tSw5

The social care sector has 165,000 vacancies. Many people are stuck in hospitals unable to return home as there are no carers. So the genius plan from the Conservatives is to stop care workers moving here with their families. This is deliberate.

A great response from Jessie Hewitson

How I love this column from Sam Carlisle "If councils have suffered funding cuts & mismanaged finances, it’s easier to blame exhausted parents of SEND kids than accept liability. Shamefully, ministers are repeating this narrative" thetimes.co.uk/article/blamin…

Nikki Fox - BBC News & Watchdog Presenter The cost to taxpayers of councils wasting money on tribunals is £60m and would fund 9,960 additional SEND unit places, shown in this report from the Disabled Children's Partnership and PBE probonoeconomics.com/wasting-money-…

"Being the Minister for Disabled People is not a part time job. "This move by the Prime Minister is a slap in the face for disabled people in the UK, who deserve a representative at the top table of government." [1/2]

It's appalling that waiting lists for an autism assessment in England have risen by 50% in just one year. The number of people potentially struggling without the right help and support in their daily lives could now fill Twickenham Stadium twice – nearly 160,000 people. (1/4)

EHCP: 'My autistic daughter has not been in school for 10 months' bbc.co.uk/news/education…

The stress on parents is overwhelming. The impact on children is destructive. There has to be a better, kinder, fairer way of giving children the support they need. #EducationForAll

Teachers should receive mandatory autism training, according to an MP who put a bill before Parliament today tes.com/magazine/news/…