• 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 words
  • The 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 words
  • Pete 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 words
  • A 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 words
  • At 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 words
  • Jane 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 words
  • Hereford 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 words
  • Special 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 words
  • Speaking 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 words
  • Six-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 words
  • Peter 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 words
  • The 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