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Parents in Lambeth say autistic children are being hawked around the borough's schools because of lack of adequate resources. They told Lambeth Education [...]
Published On: December 1, 19961.8 min read357 wordsThe Yarmouth Branch of the Norfolk Autistic Society is calling for action to provide specialist care for young people with autism. Co-organiser, Helen [...]
Published On: November 1, 19961.9 min read381 wordsPete and Wendy Crane with their son Niki and educational psychologist John Kenworthy staged a 'teach-in' outside the gates of the mainstream school [...]
Published On: October 1, 19962.7 min read541 wordsA Tyneside family fighting for their disabled daughter to be allowed go to a mainstream school say they will not give up. Today [...]
Published On: September 1, 19963.4 min read683 wordsAt a Commons Health Select Committee meeting, Tory MP David Congdon said there was a risk that some disabled children might not be [...]
Published On: August 1, 19962.7 min read539 wordsJane Brierley, of Liverpool, explains how her four-year-old son, Sean, who has Down's Syndrome, will be affected by cuts in the Special Educational [...]
Published On: July 1, 19965 min read1004 wordsHereford and Worcester Education Service is considering plans to extend links between special and mainstream schools in the county. Margaret Davis, assistant educational [...]
Published On: June 1, 19961.3 min read252 wordsSpecial needs teachers working with children in mainstream schools in Liverpool have threatened to strike over plans to cut jobs. They fear mainstream [...]
Published On: May 1, 19965.2 min read1030 wordsSpeaking at the annual conference of the NASUWT in Glasgow, union leader Nigel de Gruchy blames the closure of special schools for the [...]
Published On: April 1, 19963.9 min read770 wordsSix-year-old Scott Powling, who has Downs Syndrome, is said to be facing a 'Catch 22 situation' which could see him forced out of [...]
Published On: March 1, 19963.6 min read729 wordsPeter Howlett, of Portsmouth Cerebral Palsy Association, an ex-teacher, says that integration invariably works well if schools are enthusiastic about it and are [...]
Published On: February 25, 19964.8 min read956 wordsThe mother of four-year-old Kirstie Elliott is due to appear before the Special Educational Needs Tribunal to argue why her daughter, who has [...]
Published On: January 1, 19962.6 min read524 words