Daily Archives: 26/06/2012

Teather defends pledge to ‘remove the bias towards inclusion’

26/06/2012 – 1:17 pm

A Liberal Democrat minister has defended the coalition’s controversial commitment to “remove the bias towards inclusion” in disabled children’s education.
Sarah Teather, the children and families minister, was speaking to Disability News Service about her plans for reforming the special educational needs (SEN) system.
Teather claimed that the coalition’s pledge to “remove the bias” was about “parental [...]

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Birthday honours: OBE proves the only way is Essex, says DPO boss

26/06/2012 – 9:00 am

The boss of a leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has described his OBE as a vindication of his pioneering approach.
Mike Adams, chief executive of ecdp (Essex Coalition of Disabled People), was included in the Queen’s birthday honours, with an OBE for services to disabled people.
He said the OBE recognised ecdp’s “forthright views” on how DPOs [...]

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