Inclusion and “Every child matters”…or do some matter more than others? | edjitraining. What is inclusion? For me, inclusion is not simply the toleration of all pupils, but the active provision of opportunities for all to feel good about themselves and to have the chance to flourish, whatever their individual needs and potential barriers to learning might be. Equal moral worth Let’s start with the premise that all people have equal moral worth, irrespective of colour, gender, ability, ethnicity, religion, age or sexual orientation. People may act better or worse and there are rewards and sanctions for those but the inherent moral worth of each individual remains sacrosanct.
Each individual must have the same opportunity to contribute to collective well being and “to participate in the making of decisions that affect them”. Principle of difference Secondly, according to Lord Bhikhu Parekh’s Runnymede Trust report cited above, there exists the principle of difference. Recognising racism - Racism is not simply a moral issue. Inclusion in schools Why it’s important Curriculum. M.guardian.co.uk. Today, sick and disabled people are taking their protest against cuts to parliament.
The Hardest Hit march will bring together charities, individuals and online campaign groups to show politicians that we are united and committed. We have one clear message: "You are not protecting the most vulnerable. " Far from it, in fact. Sick and disabled people will lose £9bn in vital support over the lifetime of this parliament. Mobility payments for vulnerable adults in social care will no longer be paid, in effect leaving them housebound. And on top of all these cuts, sick and disabled people face the same hardships as everyone else – higher fuel and food costs, the rise in VAT, housing benefit cuts, and a reduction of public services.
Some of us can't speak to object. The government would love people to believe that the only losers are "scroungers" and "skivers". Our protest probably matters more to us than any other group who have been affected by the government's austerity measures. Disabled people stage protest over spending cuts. 11 May 2011Last updated at 13:51 The protest was held on the first anniversary of the formation of the coalition government Disabled people and their families have held a protest in central London against government spending cuts.
Organisers are calling it the Hardest Hit Protest, and say they want to send a message to ministers to scrap cuts. The demonstrators, from across the country, object to cuts in disability living allowance, benefit changes and local service cutbacks. Ministers say the welfare system is failing people and that reforms will see benefits go to those who need them. But protesters point to recent research by the Demos think tank which found 1.48 million disabled people are set to be worse off by a total of £374m in 2011. The protest, organised by the UK Disabled People's Council and the Disability Benefits Consortium, comes on the first anniversary of the formation of the coalition government. Cancer treatment Continue reading the main story At the scene 'Independent lives' #ProjV: How it works « The Broken of Britain: Project V ~ Twitter Stories. #ProjV: How it works TBofB Against DLA Reform Twibbon This is how #ProjV works: We are asking for your 1-Tweet Twitter Stories.
You must adhere to the 140-character Twitter limit.Tweet @BrokenOfBritainTweets must be relevant to Disability, Mental illness, Invisible Illness or Carers.One Tweet per person please, to start: if you have already participated in #TalkingTuesday and/or #ThinkingThursday, then your existing tweet already posted to our Facebook Page, will be used.The Twitter hashtags to use are: #ProjV and #TBofBWe have a TBofB Twitter Stories Blog where all tweets will be postedTweets will be accepted every day from 7February until 11pm, 13th February.On Valentine’s Day – the only tweets from @BrokenOfBritain will be the 1-Tweet Twitter Stories.I am also donating the feed of my personal account, @IconicImagery, to this project. We are also asking for Supporters to donate their Twitter feed for Valentine’s Day and only tweet these stories. Lisa J. Like this: Like Loading... Call for "anti-disability" provisions to be removed from welfare bill. Left Out In The Cold - PRESS RELEASE.
“We don’t want to be ‘Left Out In The Cold’ ”, say Britain’s disabled people. On the eve of the second reading of the government’s controversial Welfare Reform Bill on 9th March, a stark image of disabled campaigner Kaliya Franklin aims to convey how vulnerable some of the bills proposals will leave sick and disabled people across the UK. The photograph depicts a naked Franklin lying on the sand on a wintry beach, next to her empty wheelchair. Just like Franklin’s wheelchair in the image, social care and support will be left out of reach for many of those most in need if these reforms go ahead, literally leaving many “Left Out in the Cold.” “We decided to use one thought provoking image to make our point,” explains Franklin. “Sick and disabled people are often left voiceless in society, so we hoped using a single image might reflect this.” Says Franklin, “It’s vital we all remember we are just an accident or illness away from becoming disabled.
Notes for editors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. New disability test 'is a complete mess', says the man who designed it | Politics. One of the architects of the new sickness benefit system has warned it would be a mistake to start introducing it nationwide from the end of this month because of serious ongoing problems with the medical test designed to assess whether claimants are genuinely sick or disabled. "The test is badly malfunctioning. The current assessment is a complete mess," Professor Paul Gregg, an economist and welfare reform expert, said. During the preliminary roll-out of the test, people with terminal cancer, multiple sclerosis and serious mental illnesses have been found fit to work. Since early 2009, more than 240,000 cases contesting the result of the health tests have been accepted for tribunal hearings and, of the cases they hear, judges overturn about 40% of test findings.
Over the next three years, 1.5 million people claiming incapacity benefit will undergo a work capability assessment (WCA) to determine whether they are eligible for a replacement benefit, employment support allowance (ESA). Torturers of young man with Asperger syndrome walk free - NAS. Disability hate crime. Freedom is fragile How hard to write about something so brutal and horrific. Whenever I am confronted with a news item about this I get upset and angry in equal amounts and it’s not just because my son has a disability. I am absolutely shocked that this kind of crime and abuse is tolerated. From the teacher who allows a bit of teasing (bullying) beacuse someone is different to the other kids to the gangs who terrorise people in their homes and in the streets right up to the murders and cruel torture experienced by some people – this is all part of the same societal sickness. Why aren’t we more ashamed about this? There is no shortage of incidents to raise the profile of this type of crime – see this hate crime dossier on the diability now website – Some of these crimes are committed by ‘fiends’ and ‘family’!!
My son is too afraid to go outside now on his own but one day he will probably have to face this world alone. Disability | parentlineplus | parents - BullyingUK Registered Charity 1120107.