Reform councils to cut SEN spending

Families with disabled children are more than twice as likely to be living in poverty than families without a disabled child. If you add additional costs, that is going to increase.

Why would anyone want more children, disabled or not, living in poverty.

So if your child’s needs where such that you couldn’t work how would you pay?

Bully for you, not everybody can and not everybody would. So what happens to those children?

I don't know why people are not really scared by these people. Farage was greeting by swooning fans like a bloody celebrity when he visited here a few weeks ago. He's truly evil and a threat to the country, much more than any refugee ever will be.

What happens if the parents of an SEN child cannot afford to pay? Does the disabled child have to stay at home?

You can say that because either it’s not happening to you now and therefore you do not have the slightest understanding of the amount of money having a disability costs, or you’re in a fortunate financial position to be able to afford it.

As long as they don't mind when their own children are adversely impacted by unsupported children in the classrooms.

Pressed post too soon - I meant to add that if my child was the recipient of a service, I would have no problem contributing towards that.

But you’re blaming the people who are suffering. You want them to pay to get support. Ffs!

No - you’re misinterpreting what I’ve said.

The phrase pushes back against the idea that poor or struggling people are competing with each other for limited resources, and instead suggests that the real problem lies in larger structural factors—like government policies, economic inequality, or corporate practices—that create or worsen hardship.

In short: don’t blame people who are also suffering; blame the systems that keep people struggling in the first place.

this x 1000000. They also want to abolish the human rights act and the equality act. If they get into power properly this country will be a very scary place for anyone whose face doesn't fit. I'm already seeing their fanboys calling for migrants to be put into guarded camps, deported etc. It's a only a short extension to people with disabilities. I want to scream from the rooftops that we are facing unbelievable danger but people won't listen until it is their loved ones being persecuted. The answer to the question "how on earth did Hitler gain power?" is right in front of our noses and it's happening again. "They came" by Niemoller should be compulsory reading.

A society where “other struggling people aren’t the problem” isn’t one I want to be part of. If we can’t support the most vulnerable who do we support?

Many people can’t afford the later either and transport shouldn’t be a barrier to getting an education.

Despite the apparent general consensus among posters that I must be Hitler reincarnated, I’m actually very much of the belief that “Other struggling people aren’t the problem”.

But the bottom line is, money has to come from somewhere - the current funding is unsustainable; and if someone is accessing a service, I don’t think it’s a terrible notion to ask them to contribute towards it.

There are definitely some more liberal interpretations of the law to get a EHCP in some areas.

Clearly you don’t have DC who you have pursued an EHCP for. This really isn’t the case. LAs don’t issue EHCPs unless the legal threshold set out in section 37 of the Children and Families Act 2014 is met (and even if it is, they often still refuse). Neither does SENDIST - if they did, LAs would by quick to challenge the decision via the Upper Tier.

In fact schools and LAs often don’t look at needs in the same way.

This is true. That doesn’t mean parents pursuing support are the problem. The problem lies with LAs acting unlawfully. Not the parents. You can see this by SENDIST and LGO statistics. Some schools fail to recognise or acknowledge a child’s SEN - that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, which is proven when they go to SENDIST.

You’re the one who said I should be paying for his medicine!

I’m not sure why you’re jumped straight to medication and tube feeds, when the subject in hand was supplementary assistance within education.

Theres quite the difference between funding life saving medication and sending a child to school in a council paid taxi.

One of my son’s medications costs over £500 a month. Others aren’t as much but the price adds up. Those medications keep him alive.

the fact he has the right support in school means I can work again which I love. Without that support he would be out of school so I would be out of work.

if I am out of work I am intrigued how I am meant to fund £1000 plus a month worth of medication and then his other therapy

There are definitely some more liberal interpretations of the law to get a EHCP in some areas. It interpretation of law - it’s not an exact science! Law never is . In fact schools and LAs often don’t look at needs in the same way. Hence there are disagreements.

The schools are short of money because we have Sen bursting at the seams. Lots of dc don’t need transport to school. They certainly won’t get a special school place or even into a special unit. Parents pay £thousands for reports to get school money for their dc snd extra exam time. Schools know this but better exam results suit them.

Many dc didn’t get great jobs after leaving special schools because they were very very Sen. The same applies now. Many dc in mainstream will be ok. There isn’t more money so a rethink is overdue.

Err the NHS and Department of Education. We don’t live in the USA.

Most families can’t afford expensive meds and 121s in school.

All children deserve an education.

What does everyone else do if they’re not getting by on their current income - they increase their hours, change jobs or make cut backs in other areas of their expenditure.

Tell me you don't have a disabled child without telling me you don't have a disabled child. 🙄

Cherry is showing exactly the battle those with disablitles are facing. The sooner they die off the better at least the costs are gone hey!

@Cherry8809 thankfully, the law disagrees with your ignorant viewpoint.

I’m sorry but I don’t agree - even some sort of sliding scale (in the same way we pay tax etc) would be better than nothing.