Special needs

latest special needs news and features

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  Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson: 'Disabled children are sent to the library during PE...

  May 22nd, 2013

  Many disabled children are still 'sent to the library' during school PE lessons, the former...

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  Children with special needs: What is ADHD?

  The signs and symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how to help young...

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  Mum says she would have her violent ADHD son 'put down like an animal'

  May 22nd, 2013

  A mother has described the challenges of having a son with severe Attention Deficit Hyperactivity...

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  Zizzi restaurant refused to blend disabled teenager's food because of health and safety

  May 19th, 2013

  The Zizzi restaurant chain has apologised to the family of a severely disabled teenager after its...

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  Mum received £360,000 in benefits by claiming her privately educated children had special...

  May 8th, 2013

  A mum who gave her children the best education money can buy is standing trial accused of...

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  Teacher accused of holding gun to pupil's head at special needs school

  Mar 15th, 2013

  Police are investigating claims that a member of staff held a gun to the head of a terrified pupil...

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  Five-year-old with Asperger's bound with duct tape by school bus driver

  Oct 12th, 2012

  A family from Missouri claim their five-year-old son was bound with duct tape by a school bus...

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  Have some respect for tube-fed babies. A mother speaks out

  As the mother of an 18 month-old who has a complex lifelong health condition which means that he...

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  Seven-year-old boy was shut in 'padded' room up to four times a week

  Sep 20th, 2012

  A seven-year-old boy with special needs was shut in a windowless 'seclusion room' for up to four...

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