SEND students not back full-time according to charitiesDisabled children's long term development is being severely affected by the pandemic, a coalition of 80 charities is warning.
Research by the Disabled Children's Partnership has found that crucial education and health support has significantly reduced since the outbreak. It heard from 3,400 families, with more than 800 of them saying their disabled child was not back in school full time. The Department of Education said “the education, health and wellbeing” of students with additional needs remains a top priority.
Our disability news correspondent Nikki Fox has been speaking to one young boy who is desperate to return to school.
Poor attempt by the BBC using subliminal messaging to reach the hearts of people in a bid to change our sub consciousness. Hoping it'll force the public to submit to a vaccine. The lockdown is destroying lives, not a pandemic.
So sad 😔
What a sweetheart. Treated so badly. Hope something gets sorted for him and his family soon.
This just isn't on! The child needs that interaction with his wee friends. For God's sake someone in high authority please hear this childs plea!!!
Children like this shouldn’t be allowed to live.
sazalder My daughter hasn’t received an education for three years now. This has been going on much longer than March 2020. Covid isn’t the only reason disabled children & young people are missing education. The whole send system is broken.
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These are the real victims of this, the bbc has hardly helped with the constant fearmongering.
What a lovely boy, such a shame to miss out on seeing friends as well as not learning. Could his school at least arrange online learning and some interaction with his schoolmates? Appears to be lack of effort and he is missing out which can't be right.
The only people that can help him get back to school, are moron anti-maskers, and covid deniers. Get your shit together, do what you need to do to protect your communities, and we'll finally all get to see the other side of this pandemic.
No, the pandemic isn't to blame for this one. This is entirely the fault of the school system, which has failed so many disabled students for years.
I have tweeted my comments in one of your parliament video which appeared on my Twitter handle manmohanbisht41 my heart goes in genuine cries of such children government must act to find a solution consult experts on the subject online education be improved
It's not just disabled children either. They really messed up closing schools for so long.
So bad
Not the fault of the pandemic at all.
Where’s the “cLoSe ThE sChOoLs” brigades now?