These schools are continuing to feel they are the experts, but experts at what.
Maybe on schools procedure, maybe on educational subject matter, but certainly not on children with disabilities, for that will be the parents and possibly the respective children, but still these schools are showing herd processing.
When will they realise that children are individuals and especially children with disabilities, for what maybe right and good for one, maybe wrong and maybe bad for another.
The schools are also ignoring Department of Education (DoE) guidance, which recommends all children come back fulltime.
But as the Government,early on in the coronavirus pandemic, introduced the Coronavirus Act 2020, which suspended numerous Local Authorities responsibilities, these actions are now coming home to roost.
To enable equality persons with disabilities require more not less, but this Government is unable to understand this. What I am not sure about is, could this be accidental or even more worrying, they already knew the consequences of these actions.
With this Government people with disabilities will never achieve equality, in fact equality will be even more distant.
Parents of children with special educational needs have told the BBC that their children are not being offered the same access to education as their peers because of the restrictions around coronavirus.
The BBC’s Nikki Fox spoke to Dawn Ashton who said she wanted a full-time education for her son Lewis who has been offered two days at Astley Park School.
Headteacher Kieran Welsh said a phased return would allow children to adapt to the new school routine.
“The positive impact of the phased return on children’s learning and well-being has been incredible and a joy to witness.”
