Contact, for families with disabled children
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UK disability charity for all families caring for a disabled child ☎️ support, info & advice ❤️ bringing families together 📢 campaigning for change! Find out more: https://linktr.ee/contactfamilies
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Contact has welcomed the report and is urging the Government to implement the reforms without delay.

Parents can use our template email to ask their MP to urge the government to accept the reforms and implement them swiftly. (This will take less than a minute.)
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Direct payments should be enough to cover the full cost of providing social care support for a disabled child, the Law Commission has said.

One of 40 key recommendations in the their landmark review of disabled children’s social care aimed a fixing an outdated system that fails many families.
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Young people on Universal Credit out of employment or learning for 18 months will be offered guaranteed paid work - but the government must consider the barriers young people face.

Chancellor announces "youth guarantee" of paid work
Young people on Universal Credit out of employment or learning for 18 months will be offered guaranteed paid work.
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The Law Commission says it’s time to update the outdated & ableist definition of “disabled child” in the Children Act 1989.

They recommend using the Equality Act definition (with extensions) to simplify the law & make social care fairer
Law Commission calls for new definition of a "disabled child"
The Law Commission is calling for a new definition of "disability" for disabled children, one of 40 recommendations.
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Disabled young people need education, not barriers. ❌

Cuts to post-16 school transport leave families stranded.

Join us to demand fair transport based on need, not age. #CloseTheLoophole
Join the campaign: Fairer transport for disabled students
Parent carers have launched a campaign to close the loophole in the law. Please sign their letter to the Schools Minister
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Do you know whether you are getting the right amount of universal credit as a parent carer?

If you need more information, you can find it at https://f.mtr.cool/ltcbauobvw
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That includes the importance of retaining existing legal rights to support for children with special educational needs; the importance of improving the SEN support system to help children early before needs escalate; the need for improved accountability and the importance of school transport.
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This week the Education Select Committee has published a report from its inquiry, Solving the SEND crisis. We welcome this detailed report which puts families at its heart.

It comes after they carried out sessions with parent groups, charities and professionals with experience of the SEND system.
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This debate was a result of the petition to retain legal rights to assessment and support in education for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) led by the Save our Children’s Rights campaign. The petition was signed by over 122,000 people.
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Yesterday in Westminster Hall MPs debated the SEND education system in England, both the current state of crisis it is in, and the risks and opportunities the government’s forthcoming reforms create.