Is this really the right time to push ahead with special educational needs...
Sad parliamentary geeks of the world, rejoice! The long-expected Children and Families Bill has now been published, setting out, amongst other, wide-ranging proposals for reform to the special...
View ArticleBattle lost on welfare cuts for deaf people
The Department for Work and Pensions’ have succeeded in their plans to replace Disability Living Allowance with a new benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for disabled people over 16. The...
View ArticleBeing deaf and dealing with concentration fatigue
I went to a great conference today. It was riveting and I was hooked on pretty much every word. And then I got home and collapsed on the sofa. I’m not just tired, I’m shattered. I’ve had to turn my...
View ArticlePushing the disability ministry to take disabled access seriously
A minor little campaign victory achieved at NDCS the other week: the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accepted that deaf people should not be forced to use the phone to make a claim for the new...
View ArticleDebating deaf children’s futures
After 18 months of campaigning and 50,000+ petition signatures, MPs have agreed that concerns over cuts to funding to support for deaf children are so serious that Parliament should debate them....
View ArticleHas Access to Work become a bureaucratic monster?
I’ve been picking up lots of chatter recently about Access to Work. Lots of petty new rules suddenly turning up out of nowhere on what communication support can or can’t be booked using Access to Work....
View ArticleFive random reflections on deaf life at primary school
I spent most of last week musing on life at primary school. I do love a good amble down memory lane but I had another reason; I had volunteered to give a presentation to parents of deaf children at a...
View ArticleWorking to influence the Children and Families Act
This blog first appeared in the National Deaf Children’s Society campaigns blog. Last Thursday was a big day – Her Majesty decided to give her “royal assent” to the Children and Families Bill, thus...
View ArticleAudiology stories…
I got roped into doing a ‘Vine’ today to support NDCS’s Listen Up! campaign to improve audiology services for deaf children. A vine is a series of very short video clips and you can see mine here,...
View ArticleWhere have I gone?
Well, as you can see, I haven’t blogged here for some time. Truth be, I’ve taken an extended break from blogging on my own personal blog. I’ve taken on various new hobbies and, more plausibly, have...
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