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Only 4% of disabled children can go to a holiday club...
How do you keep yourself entertained during the summer holidays? Perhaps you've been playing with your friends or you might even have been dropped...
Government failing disabled people, human rights watchdog warns
The UK government has been accused by a human rights watchdog of making "slow progress" in improving the lives of disabled people.
The Equality and...
Accessible textbooks for the visually impaired
Following a long and vocal campaign, the Government is backing a pilot project to provide accessible text books to blind, partially sighted and dyslexic children. Yashoda Sutton of RNIB looks at the importance of this project and provides advice on what we can do now to support children who can’t read standard print
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Point of view: legal specialist
EHCPs: Why families need legal advice. This process is becoming more complex, writes Guv Samra.
In my experience, families often don’t know where to start...
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STEM industries need disabled students
Victoria Cornfield, Marketing manager at FPE Seals, discusses the advantages that disabilities can have for work in STEM fields and advocates for more inclusive practices...
Speaking and writing quietly into the abyss: SEND and inclusion training for teachers
Dr Helen Ross discusses the deficiencies in teacher training and considers what can be done about the situation.
In recent weeks, my email inbox has been...
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting
IBEForuM hosted the Digital Learning Africa Summit to Focus on the Key Challenges of the African Education Sector
The Digital Learning Africa Summit, virtually hosted by IBEForuM on February 3rd – 4th, 2022, was a huge success with 4000+ attendees from 35+ countries. The delegates were...