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Jane Lane
Some children and young people (and, of course, adults) will be subject to discrimination because of their disability and because of their race. In this article, Jane Lane invites all of us to be aware of the potential for this dual inequality and to consider how the two discriminations can interact with each other...
Peter Limbrick
'There can be no pretence that support for the child or family is a matter of applying prescribed and formulaic approaches to needs established in assessments. Effective approaches are almost always going to come from practitioners...who form helping relationships with parents and then bring the creative power and resourcefulness of imagination to the task.'
Susan Hamilton
Otakar Kraus Music Trust (OKMT) has been a provider of music therapy for 20 years. This article explains the way in which music therapy can help in the development of children with special needs and how the power of music is able to open a door towards a better quality of life...
Joe Mellone
In a new report, the government in England has restated its determination to get more people with learning disabilities into employment. Joe Mellone says that, in his experience, securing a paid job really can be life-transforming...
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011