I’m so upset after reading this drivel by Samantha Brick, a woman famous for dragging people down to get attention. On the face of it it seems to be a very questionable account about non Sen children not being toilet trained, however it doesn’t take long to get to the insinuation and actual accusation that parents aren’t toilet training their children because they want the SEN label to claim benefits. So many nonsense points in this article like if the teachers were male there would be safeguarding issues - if ANY adult is providing this kind of care for a child there are safeguarding procedures. You only have to read the comments to see how many people are lapping this up calling parents lazy (which is a strange way to view it as the children spend most of their time at home where their parents will change them). This disgusting rhetoric that is pushed by idiots like Samantha Brick whose ‘source’ probably doesn’t exist is so harmful to the most vulnerable children in our schools. It creates a prejudice against them for something they can’t understand or control. This puts us at risk of judgement and hostility for meeting our children’s needs. I’m sure there are rules for mainstream journalism where they can’t publish actual lies. This reads more as a factual than opinion piece, it needs to stop.
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