Are you like me and believe you should be able to take your child away on holiday when everywhere is not rammed?

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I posted a link to a petition on here last night for parents with children with disabilities . I didnt realise we werent allowed to post links to petitions and somebody reported my post

Anyway MNHQ have moved my post to petitions if you you want to take a look

Are you saying all children should be able to take term time holidays or just children with SN

Sorry manish I wasnt allowed to link the petition its against the rules and someone reported my post last night! That is why it got moved

life this particular petition was for families with children with special needs, but I am fairly certain I have signed one for all children to be allowed 10 days in term time as the system used to be!

I would sign one for all children but not just for SN children.
My reasoning is that I have a disabled daughter and have had many a battle to ensure she is treated the same as her peers. I feel it would be very hypocritical to sign a petition expecting her to be treated differently only when it suits me.

But its not about just suiting parents though!

My Dd3 has Asd and she is not able to access busy places, she gets stressed and upset and wants to go home.

We had to cut 2 holidays short this year because she wasnt coping.

I have spent years trying to ensure my Dd3 is treated as an individual and that her needs are met, that often means treating her differently to her peers!

We are all different and as I said I have already signed a general petition against the ban on term time holidays .

To be honest I haven't ever thought much about the difficulties you have experienced as my daughters difficulties are more physical. we have been kicked out of a play area for having a wheelchair that's a trip hazard for others and refused access to restaurants as we would be in the way if there was a fire. Thankfully that was a few years ago and things have improved.
I can see how a holiday in term time would be beneficial to you after what you have said. I'm sorry if my view came across as selfish. Your post has definitely made me think about the bigger picture and the very varied problems families face everyday.

Not a problem at all

We all have different mountains to climb.

That is the beauty of these boards, we can all learn from each other. Being kicked out of soft play would have made me very angry.

Those places are a nightmare!! My Dd3 still loves them but she is over the height limit for most of them now

I actually think that in a family where one or more children are "normal", i.e my 14 year old son, as opposed to my 12 year old daughter with downs, it's more important for the other children to have a holiday. My son puts up with a lot, and is a great help to me, but I cannot take them on holiday due to the new rules. So I am having to save up now for a total of three years so we can go on holiday next year during the school holidays. Even though academic achievement is meaningless to my daughter and my son is in top set in every subject and could easily miss a fortnight!

Totally agree loki! Have you asked your sons school? They actually can authorise in exceptional circumstances. A friend of mine has had her eldest sons holiday authorised because her younger sons have disabilities.
Its worth a try.