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Can you afford for your child to have dyslexia?
Special needs provision is a postcode lottery, say parents and campaigners, with wealthier families able to buy their way out
6 April 2021 • 11:00am
Reading challenges: Henry Winkler who has dyslexia wrote the Hank Zipzer books, which are about a 10-year-old boy with dyslexia
Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
When an English teacher complained that her teenage son was lazy, Clare (not her real name) knew something was off. “She told me he was bright but lazy. And then I thought about it. Why weren’t his other teachers saying the same thing.”
United Kingdom Unveils National Autism Peer Education Programme
Emma Mander from Great Minds Together discusses the UK’s ground-breaking NHS Autism Peer Education Programme.
Autistic people are statistically more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population, with a worrying 80% of autistic adults expected to endure mental health issues during their lives, a figure that isn’t helped by the lack of understanding and support.
Through our work providing specialist wraparound support to families and children with SEND, we have seen first-hand the impact of the lack of resources, training and support for autistic children and their families.