Did you know that Boris Johnson's government have quietly changed the elegibility for Warm Home Discount? Disabled people will now NOT be allowed to claim it, despite being the section of people who have the highest energy usage. They're actively punishing us for being disabled.

Thank you for reporting it. It’s important that things like this are explained

Well I don’t know whether to take comfort from the parody of it. Sadly this belief is probably in the mind of some and would certainly have been a held belief by some professionals 30 years ago . We do have to wonder whether this was in the mind of some

WHAT ? What century are we in ? Did I just go back in time and read this ?

The children 'are put in a system which prioritises curriculum and test results over flourishing...These aren’t healthy conditions for young people to grow up in.'
Naomi Fisher is expected to 'fix' children broken by the education system.
progressiveeducation.org/the-side-effec…

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“Every day I get emails from several parents, asking if I can help their children. They tell me how distressed their children are, how they are harming themselves and how they don’t know how to help.” progressiveeducation.org/the-side-effec…

No mp should be in any role they do not have first hand lived experience of , it takes someone that's lived our lives to understand them.

All children of compulsory school age are legally entitled to receive a suitable full-time education. Schools cannot place children on a part-time timetable, save in exceptional circumstances to meet a pupil’s individual needs.

Read more about this here: ipsea.org.uk/informal-exclu…

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This is something I can get behind and local authorities should ask to be briefed regularly.

For parents and young people living in Newham, it isn't news that the Borough has inadequate child disability healthcare, low quality EHC Plans, 2 year waiting lists for ASC assessments, weak leadership.

Another Written Statement of Action needed in SEND:
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/44/80…

independent.co.uk/voices/special…

My 16 yr old daughter has moderate #learningdisabilities . In the night she built her dressing table by herself (I had been putting off for wks). She followed the awful instructions perfectly. I only saw it built when I went to give her her meds this morning! I am so proud of her!

One of the often cited purposes of education is to prepare children for the outside world. Many teachers have never worked in the outside world.