Parents of children with additional needs in England and Wales endure endless bureaucracy, but help is out there – and it is worth the fight
‘We’ve got a situation where local authorities seem to be unable to meet their obligations to children and young people.’‘We’ve got a situation where local authorities seem to be unable to meet their obligations to children and young people.’
There was an initial assessment process that would decide whether Blaine should be assessed, which had a waiting list of around two years. Even if he was put through to the next stage, there would then be another long wait for an autism diagnosis. “I was having none of it – it was getting to the point where he would be moving on to secondary school, and I knew he needed help,” says Joanne., Blaine was offered an independent diagnosis, which sped things up.
At the same time, the English school system’s embrace of a model of education that is often based on “attainment”, conformity and old-fashioned discipline seems to be pushing neurodivergent kids out of mainstream settings altogether. This has been going on for a long time: between 2012 and 2019 the number of children with Send in English mainstream schoolsSpeak to any Senco – or special needs co-ordinator – in a mainstream setting, and these are the kinds of urgent issues they talk about.
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