My ten year old daughter has Speech and Language Disorder. Her ability to communicate, understand and access education is severely impaired by her disability. There is currently no specialist provision for her going into secondary school within an hour of home. She cannot cope in mainstream school. We risk being one of the thousands of families with children with SEN being displaced from education. It’s terrifying.
Without significant intervention, children like my little girl are going to continue to be overlooked. They are going to be continued to be labelled as ‘difficult to assess’ and not given correct and appropriate diagnoses for their difficulties. This means they cannot access support and therapies to help them reach their potential and become an integrated member of their communities.
I’m 2012, The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists shared a research paper undertaken in 2007 that showed over 60% of young offenders had difficulties with speech, language and communication.
Bercow: Ten Years On is a report on the state of provision for children’s speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in England. The report has been published by I CAN , the children’s communication charity, and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
Through extensive evidence gathering, I CAN and the RCSLT collected the views of children and young people, parents and carers, speech and language therapists, education professionals, commissioners and many others about the reality of support for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs in 2018.
The report shows poor understanding of and insufficient resourcing for speech, language and communication needs. This means too many children and young people receive inadequate, ineffective and inequitable support, potentially impacting on their educational outcomes, their employability and their mental health.
We desperately need to highlight their cause, and this can be done so by signing this petition to get government to implement the recommended changes.
Please sign it. My little girl deserves so much better 
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/215643