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International Day of Education - Inclusive Education
It's International Day of Education today and in this post we will talk about the importance of inclusive education for disabled children and young people. Inclusive education is crucial for disabled children because it creates confidence, empowerment and boosts their self-esteem. Inclusive education is more than just…
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Hi, my name is jk210! Colllege Access Course UC
Hey I am trying to find out information regarding universal credit and full time college for adult. I wish to do an access to higher education at college in September which is classed as full time with 2 days a week at college and 15-20 hours independent study at home learning. I am single, live on my own with no children…
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SEN secondary school placement appeals
Hi , Please can someone help me. My son has learning disabilities and other illnesses. He attends a SEN school. He has been given a place at a school that was not my preference. I have been told the preferred school says they can not meet his needs. I also have issues with his EHC Plan. It contains things about him that…
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University Experience!
Gutted to have to decide to take a few months away from my course, not having the access to certain technology, having a degenerative illness that decided to get worse and now possible more diagnosis. I am lucky to have the supportive family I do have, I have not taken this decision lightly. I need to refocus on getting…
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Sen child school placement
Hi I'm hoping someone can give me advice please regarding my sons application for high school and a matter which has arisen which I'm not sure is even legal, feeling confused and upset, if this is anyone's area of expertise, he has an EHCP in place is currently on a partial timetable and my belief is mainstream school are…
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Stress about university
hi, so I have applied for university in September and I got an offer for one in Birmingham. I currently live in London with my parents and siblings (I’m the youngest at home) and I want to stay in uni accommodation (I’m gay, family are homophobic and this is my last option as social services won’t help me but i genuinely…
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Hi, my name is HippieTye! I have an Autistic son (20), who will graduate this year from high school.
hello peeps…. I have an Autistic son (20), who will graduate this year from high school and am seeking any computer training/internship/job to get him the life skills needed for a future in computers Orlando Florida area
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EHCP Review - school being obstructive when I ask for specific teachers to attend
My DD is in mainstream school. Got her EHCP in Sept 2023. She has been on the verge of permanent exclusions quite a few times. However, we feel that since the EHCP things have improved, she is attending lessons, albeit not the mainstream ones. She has 1:1 for Maths/English and 1:1 TA support first thing each morning to set…
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Mainstream
Hi, I had a bruising time getting my daughter into a specialist school that could implement her EHCP. Both her mainstream school and the LA failed her. I want to put in a formal complaint to let the school and LA know that their inaction was detrimental to my daughter forcing me to remove her. Her mainstream school…
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Benefits and doing a Masters
Hello, 👋 I’ve seen a few posts about this sort of thing but I was hoping someone would be able to answer my specific question as I’ve been finding it hard to get to a clear answer while doing my own searching. I wanted to start a masters in order to get my better qualified to hopefully get a job working as a research…
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EHCP Help
Hi I wonder if you can help me, My daughter is on the waiting list for ASD and ADHD assessments. But with her being in year 5 at school we need to get her EHCP done so that when we apply for school at end of 2025 we can look at special schools. The school she goes to have said they wont apply for EHCP until she has a…
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Paid courses
Hi, I asked already about free courses and if they would affect universal credit, however I was wondering the same about paid courses? If I paid for a course to do online would it affect my universal credit? I claim for mobility issues and recive the limited capability for work and work related activity because of it of…
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PhD support
Hey everyone, I have just been accepted to do a PhD and I wondered if anyone had any advice on sourcing funding support (that isn’t student loans). The research project will investigate the experiences of Disabled artists working within the music industry of Wales and the potential barriers to diversifying representation.…
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Working with indentations while creating multi-level lists in MS Word: some basic principles/rules
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Going to drop out of my course
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 5 years ago and recently returned to education as I was hoping to go back into the workforce but obviously can't return to my previously physically demanding job in healthcare so found an alternative which is a desk job but I need to retrain. Anyway I started the course in September, only…
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EHCP
Hello everyone Just thought I'd ask a question about any charities you know of, that help to apply for an EHCP assessment. My son's school I don't think will be a lot of help to be honest. I've googled but not coming up with very much. Any suggestions welcome! Thank you
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lcwra part time study query
I am in receipt of the lcwra element for uc (no pip and I’m not applying for it). I would like to attend a college on a part time basis. I’m inquiring would my lcwra claim be placed at risk if I were to pursue a college course. I have the understanding that a full time course would jeopardise the claim.
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Educational psychologist
I don’t know if anyone can help but I will try anyway, My daughter is 10 and in year 6 and has an ASD diagnosis, school don’t really give her any support and she is really struggling around a year behind. I applied for an ehcp for her but they said without an educational psychologist report they can’t do anything. School…
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Any academic experience at Tech?
Hi, guys lately I wanted to continue studying to expand my knowledge and improve my skills in Sports Nutrition. I saw some complementary subjects on the subject at a university called TECH and I was interested especially because they are online and have no fixed schedules of study, which suits my needs. For this reason it…
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Hi, my name is Jamieharvey9607!
hi my name is Jo I have with my college. My son has a chronic illness. He has been struggling this term in his with his condition. now been a meeting and they are trying to suspend him from his studies. This will put a massive financial strain on the family as I am the single parent. I don’t know what to do whether to ask…
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BSL courses recommendations
Hi hi! I'm looking to do a BSL course for my work. My workplace are going to cover the costs and I'd rather it were in person. Anyone have any recommendations on where to go, I work in Manchester but live in Salford if that's any help.
