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31 Jul 2024
Q&A

Charles K

What do you want to see in the King's Speech?

For me and the king speech, I would like to see some form of proposal to rules, the disability benefits, Pip, etcetera, that we're not all suddenly going to be getting these stupid vouchers. How that works. I think it's absolutely ridiculous. He's treating us like we're children. We're not children. We've got different, different abilities, um, and all that, but, you know, a lot of us are still going to mental capacity. It's absolutely ridiculous. And also around SEN as well, with young adults, it seems there's a lot more geared up for. For SEND young people, preteen, um, pre secondary. They get secondary, it's a bit wobbly. And then it also seems to fall off the chain when our young people with special additional needs get leaving secondary. Start in college. And once they've left college, even though an EHCP goes up to 25, as soon as they've left college, that EHCP disappeared into dust. I would like to see some form of ongoing care and support for SEND young people up to and beyond the age of 25 and having their rights and stuff protected.

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Changing Realities (2023), Charles K. https://changingrealities.org/e/7XRe8 (31 Jul 2024)
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