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Learning Grants/Loans from a charity or scheme?
Hi all I'm an adult female wheelchair user, on PIP & UC and would love to study a course I just found out about - but I need a Grant or Loan for the deposit. Any ideas who I can ask ? Your help would be really appreciated. Thanks
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EHCP
Hiya everyone. I am having a hard time with my twin's EHCP at the moment. Both in very different ways. And I feel so confused. About how it all works, what it's supposed to do... we applied together with school for one twin because school told us we should, it couldn't do any harm, only help with transition to secondary…
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Impact Of 2nd Covid 19 Wave & The England Lockdown With Education Open
I myself am a 2nd year college student and is directly impacted by this issue. Would love to hear what others think about it so feel free to comment below.
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Reasonable adjustments
I write on behalf of my daughter who has ASD, anxiety, depression and selective mutism. She attends college twice a week. The rest of the week is online lessons. She gets LSA support in class, but no help with online lessons. We have asked if she can record these due to her slow processing as they sometimes go too fast for…
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I've established a number of schools for special learners
I have established a number of schools for special learners where they get education and then become a useful persons for their communities.
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Late Diagnosis of ADHD
Hi my name is Hannah, I am currently in my final year of my psychology degree and I am really struggling. It feels like with all the added pressure my ADHD symptoms are at an all time high and the problem is I don’t understand them or know how to reduce them. I have a student advisor offered by my university who gives me…
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does my 18 year old ave to attend college
hi good evening can anyone help give advice my 18 yer old as attended a collage for 2 years its a college for children/adults with special needs lasy year his attendance was very bad as he really didnt want to go in his annual review they said was very withdrawn and rarely happy i know it cause he didnt want to be there he…
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Learning a new skill
To adapt my skill set I've taken on a new challenge and started a course on Counselling Sills with the Learning Curve Group through funding through the MS Society. If all goes well I shall achieve a Cerficate CACHE Level 2 qualification. I've just finished the reading on work book one and then the assessment to do.
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The power of teaching assistants!
Today, Wednesday 16th September, is National Teaching Assistants' Day. Yet that got me thinking, teaching assistants (TA's) have made a big impact on my ability to access education over the years. I know it is due to their support that I could attempt to compete with my peers. It was their patience that allowed me to…
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Coach2Coach Programme
Omnis CiC has new Coach2Coach programme and is looking for participants! This programme allows participants
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High school review!
Hi, I’m just after some advice really, background story - my son from nursery in primary school was made to feel different because they couldn’t meet his needs, for 1 year I had to pick him up every dinner time, he then went to an assessment centre for 1 year and at the review they wanted to put him back in mainstream I…
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SEN child
Hello. My daughter nine has been diagnosed with 1q21.1 duplication which is genetic. Shes also globally delayed unable to read, write or do simple maths, so SEN shes working at an early year 1 level. Shes a real socialble child though. She will talk to anyone. Her peers at school lo e her and so do her teachers. Had a…
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Does anyone know of any private specialist schools in London for children with ASD?
Hi everyone I'm new to this forum. I am in the process of applying for an EHCP for my son with ASD and related conditions. Without an EHCP I'm having great difficulty in applying to specialist schools. My son is academically able and will start secondary (year 7) next September. Any suggestions on private specialist…
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Indirect discrimination
Hello Everyone! Im Remmie! My son is 5 years old and is in a specialist school. Hes been going for over a year and we've had nothing but problems but most weve been able to sort but this one I dont think we can. We had access to a parking spot due to my son having a blue badge. We had a video call meeting on Monday and was…
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Take a beginners British Sign Language course and pay what you can afford
British-sign.co.uk have a special offer to help people afford their beginners course during these times of coronavirus. Their website explains: For more information and to enrol on the online course, visit the British-sign.co.uk website.
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Hi, my name is zainabkamran and I have an EHCP question
My daughter got her EHCP in august and she started school in September and since that I didn’t get even 1call to tell or ask anything about her EHCP and I did contact them and they said someone will call me and it didn’t happen.Just want to ask that is it normal or should I take any action?
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8 year old with CP at main stream School
Our granddaughter who we are full time caters for has CP she is wheelchair bound and attends main stream school, on Friday she came home wet from being taken outside during breaks in the rain. We complained to school/head about her being wet and they said. They will continue to take her outside in bad weather as all the…
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How is the pandemic impacting disabled students living in university accommodation?
What is happening? The autumn term has started at universities across the UK and many students have returned to their accommodation on campuses. The rise in cases of coronavirus has meant that there are different restrictions on what students can do at each university. For instance, the BBC reports that at the Manchester…
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BBC 1 Panorama tonight (7 September 2020) - The fight for disabled children's education
Tonight at 7.35pm on BBC One, Panorama are reporting on the challenges faced by families of disabled children in accessing education during and after the covid-19 lockdown. The BBC One website provides the following overview: For our members who give this a watch, please let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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STAART September newsletter published
https://www.gre.ac.uk/study/support/disability/staart Good afternoon and I hope you are well. I thought you would be interested in our STAART September newsletter. All of the articles are written by STAART Graduates and Ambassadors; STAART members and STAART Allies. Enjoy the read and please feel free to share with your…
