A lack of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) is a “timebomb” for public services, MPs have been told. In a debate on Send provision for
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A sports coach at a special needs school has been jailed after his “cruel bullying” of pupils was revealed by an undercover reporter. Elliott Millar, 21, was sentenced to 12
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Years-long waits for diagnoses and support for autistic young people in England and others with conditions including cerebral palsy is “robbing” them of their childhoods, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.
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Less than half of dyslexic people in Scotland receive “appropriate workplace adjustments” and three quarters say the condition has impacted their job performance, according to new research. A report by
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Nearly two in five parents have been forced to educate their disabled child at home because of a lack of suitable provision or funding, a survey has found. A third
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Children risk being misdiagnosed for dyslexia as professionals believe common myths about the learning difficulty, researchers have warned. There is “significant variability” in the methods used by professionals for identifying
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Six former staff members at a boarding school for boys with learning difficulties have gone on trial accused of a catalogue of offences linked to an alleged “culture of neglect”
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A record number of people in England were waiting for an autism assessment in June, according to new figures. Nine out of 10 patients were waiting longer than the recommended
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The Government must urgently reform a failing system of support for children with special educational needs as spiralling costs have not led to better outcomes for pupils, councils have warned.
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More than 75,000 children in England are waiting for speech and language therapy – an all-time high, figures show. NHS England data from May shows 97,824 people in the community
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