Government’s top welfare official to step down #UnpaidCarers #ParentCarers www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Children with special needs in England will keep current support, minister says The support they hardly ever get, parents punished when they request it and the others coming through will get failed even more! 👇🤬💔What could possible go wrong? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Sweden updates its teacher training programmes that were first introduced in 2011. Read about the reforms that will be coming in, in #RISEEduMag. @techheaddd.bsky.social @netsupport.bsky.social #TeacherTraining #TeacherEducation #Govrnment #SwedenEdu www.riseedumag.com/new-teacher-...

Here we go again. If you can ‘see it’ it’s not there. Hang your heads in shame!! Stop #discriminating #Inclusion #ReasonableAdjustments 💔💔🤯 #Autism Alton Towers bans theme parkgoers with #ADHD from using disability pass www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...

Great to see a new resource untangling connections between #EBSA and #PansPandasHour www.panspandasuk.org/post/ebsa_toolkit/ @booksuperhero2.bsky.social @sedsconnective.org @togethertrust.bsky.social @mindworkmatters.bsky.social @sendwarriormum.bsky.social @bluesquidlearning.bsky.social

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Good morning lovely phone family. I hope you're all well. I'm full of festive spirit this year, but I've had many where that wasn't the case. If you're struggling, please remember it's ok to not be joining in. If you need support or someone to talk to, this may help (UK) 🙏 #HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️

Here we go! “Diagnosis has become the unofficial currency of support, not because the law demands it, but because the system has outsourced its moral & legal responsibility to a clinical gatekeeper.” theautisticadvocate.com/there-is-no-...

“SEND is not a framework for inclusion, but an administrative construct created to manage difference without requiring the education system itself to change. A way of locating the problem in the child, while protecting the structure that excludes them.” TY @kieranrose.bsky.social #SEND #inclusion

Untreated ADHD is costing the UK about £39bn, the Government spends about £0.5bn a year treating it, but that is apparently too much. Treating it properly would cost about £2bn but would save nearly £15bn Instead less than 1 in 20 people over 40 with it have an actual diagnosis

Incredible. It costs nothing to care! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

We just keep proving them wrong! 👇

So tomorrow is @zakm180.bsky.social big day. We’re off to London, as he’s been shortlisted for a ‘Rising Star’ Award. I’m so proud of the man you’ve become Zak. You’ve thrived against a system that’s failed you and shown what can be achieved when you try! Keep everything crossed for us! 🤞

It really is a relentless uphill battle. Sadly the system is much harder to navigate than our children’s #disability! Tell me that makes sense! 👇 #SEND #ParentCarers pic credit Yvonne Raleigh

A reminder for us all! 👇 Just know that you are enough and your best is good enough! #CelebrateTheSmallWins #AnyProgressIsProgress #MentalHealthMatters

🌟🌟He only went and won!🌟🌟 Introducing The Heroes winner of The Rising Star category @zakm180.bsky.social 🎊🍾🥂👏👏 Congratulations Zak, I’m so proud,you’ve shown what can be done when you keep going! (have a listen) #Autism #Autistic #ADHD #MentalHealthMatters #OvercomingAdversity #BreakingBarriers

So tomorrow is @zakm180.bsky.social big day. We’re off to London, as he’s been shortlisted for a ‘Rising Star’ Award. I’m so proud of the man you’ve become Zak. You’ve thrived against a system that’s failed you and shown what can be achieved when you try! Keep everything crossed for us! 🤞

#AutisticSpecialInterests dont stop for Zak Martin, even when we’re thousands of miles away on holiday in Cape Verde! #ElectricityTransmission #Autistic #Autism Alt. A selection of pics of Zak photographing the various towers in Cape Verde. analysing which country the components are from.

Apart from be a Principal of a multi site special school I used to go into main stream schools to advise on curriculum, adaptations and removing barriers to learning. The words ‘we can’t’ were quite often used by leadership. Demonstrating that they ‘can’ and ‘must’ was my job.

I delivered my first session of my new training on Understanding and Supporting Parental Challenge and SEND Parents in Liverpool this week (working title) Rarely have I experienced a bigger energy shift in a room....

We certainly have! We’re in Derbyshire and they’re one of the worst LA’s. Whatever we’ve achieved, we’ve done ourselves and overcome too much adversity. We need accountability to the laws to support our most vulnerable, as opposed to gaslighting and ghosting! 💔

What a journey you have been on. So many parents/carers do not get the support they and their children need. I’m regularly talking to parents to support then in finding their way through the SEND system.

Huge thanks to Gráinne from STV for covering this story and helping to raise awareness about the huge challenges ASN families are facing across education in Scotland. Proud to work with @empoweredscotland.bsky.social to continue advocating and pushing for change on a national level.

I’d suggest that this is a frighteningly regular situation tbh… with private providers being largely free to do what the fuck they like…

Talk about how to demotivate and crush people who are trying their best to get work!! 🤦‍♀️👇 DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job - Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Shock horror, no accountability to #EHCP’s Parents withdraw SEND children from school over safety fears - BBC News #Failure #Safeguarding www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What really makes me lol is the bit where he says ‘they’re coping’. Hmm maybe SEND kids deserve to thrive rather than just cope. Also he’s talking a load of 💩 either way. But that’s Reform for you … attack the most vulnerable so no one looks at what they’re doing.

The leader of our council. ‘Schools getting extra money’- how is he in this position?

Dear God. Someone send him this: https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/10-false-claims-ehcps-facts/

Schools: 'What extra money? There is no more money. And the external agencies have evaporated, leaving us to support all needs without any extra staff or training.' 🙄 It's almost like he's talking out of his arse...

WTA?🤬🤯😳👇 "I personally think there are too many people in the [SEND] system," Graves said. "I think there are reasons for that and it's to do with schools getting extra money for dealing with that. "Most people are just about on the spectrum but they're coping." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Many parents of children with ASN and disabilities fear the very services that are meant to provide healthcare, safety and support. This is Dickensian. It’s 2025 and so much abuse or worse continues to occur without much moral outrage? We are “ devalued” “ othered” and blamed. Tragic all round.

WTAF!!! They employed someone with a false identity and E trained them for a day - Are our children not safe anywhere apart from with us? 🤬😳🤦‍♀️🤯 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Omg!!!!! 👇👇👇👇🤯🤬😳 Girl, 14, died at psychiatric hospital after agency worker with false ID left her unwatched, inquest hears

On todays Hall of Fame (non political) we have @martinimarie

Inclusion in Practice What does inclusive education really look like in action? We’ve broken down a new sector report with practical insights for your team Access the briefing now inside the community headteacher-chat.link/inclusion5m #inclusion #SEND #eduleadership

www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk/photo-campaign #SaveOurChildrensRights

We need to stand strong now. Here’s how to get involved! 👇 www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk/photo-campaign #SaveOurChildrensRights

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... After disability benefits, is Labour really about to target the educational rights of special needs children? | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk/photo-campaign #SaveOurChildrensRights

We need to stand strong now. Here’s how to get involved! 👇 www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk/photo-campaign #SaveOurChildrensRights

Bridget Phillipson unwilling to say whether she will scrap EHCP’s. This is incredibly concerning. #SEND #Education

Well, that's disappointing. :-/

How did your MP vote? #BenefitCuts #Disabled news.sky.com/story/how-di...

How did your MP vote? #BenefitCuts #Disabled news.sky.com/story/how-di...